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Republican seeking to raise Social Security age claims ‘people want to work longer’

The Georgia Republican says, ‘people come up to me, they actually want to work longer’

The Independent UK

The single penalty: why it costs £860 a month to be alone

Rent, electricity, food – they all cost more if you live by yourself. And then there are the taxes ...

The Guardian - UK

DWP shares new measures to help older people remain in and return to work

People over 50 claiming Universal Credit are to receive more intensive and tailored support to find work.

Daily Record

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EU's Nov 2022 excess deaths drop sharply from 2020/21 peaks - data

The European Union saw 6.7% more deaths than usual in November, down sharply from 40% in the same month of 2020 and 26.5% in November 2021, official data from the bloc's statistics office showed on Tuesday.

Reuters

Queen, happy and chaos among children's top words for 2022

Three words were shortlisted but only one came out on top

Liverpool Echo

‘I was left scared, alone, exhausted’: inside London’s maternity crisis

A new study has found that the number of women who report positive labour and birth has fallen dramatically. Claire Cohen reports on the struggling wards

Evening Standard

'Fun, happy-go-lucky young man with huge passion' killed in farm accident

"The only thing I can think of to ease the pain of losing you is that God wanted you up there as one of his angels to be a tractor driver"

Wales Online

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Factbox-How China is seeking to boost its falling birth rate

China saw its population fall by roughly 850,000 last year - its first drop in six decades that marks the start of an expected long-term decline in citizen numbers with major economic consequences.

Reuters

China’s Population Shrinks for the First Time in Six Decades

The country had 850,000 fewer people at the end of 2022 than it did a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics says

Caixin Global

Little Scots girl with leukaemia turned away by doctors TEN times as frantic mum begged for help

Theano Zahorszki's mum threatened to take the tot abroad for tests before doctors finally listened to her pleas and carried out blood tests to determine what was wrong

Daily Record

China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis

China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.

Reuters

Bring back cottage hospitals to free capacity in NHS, says senior health leader

Cottage hospitals were a small type of hospital first developed in the UK in the mid-1800s

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon responds as elective surgeries are cancelled in Ayrshire

The First Minister laid out a plan to tackle the backlog of elective procedures.

Daily Record

Thousands turn out to bid farewell to Greece’s former king

Thousands of people have been lining up since before dawn outside Athens’ cathedral to pay their final respects to Greece’s former King Constantine

The Independent UK

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Staff shortages hits plan for more winter beds at West Lothian hospital

Plans for more beds for elderly folk have hit a snag due to staff shortages

ABC News

Victorian aged care home faces multiple investigations over death of resident on footpath outside facility

Questions over the death of a man on the pavement outside his aged care home may soon be answered with a series of investigations underway.

Daily Record

Man dies after being found covered in blood in middle of the street

Police say he was covered in blood on his hands, face and on his bare feet.

The Guardian - UK

Frances Foord obituary

Other lives: Midwife who spent 26 years in the Gambia before focusing on postnatal care in London

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Daily Mirror

Devastated mum had stillborn baby two days after hospital 'inappropriately' sent her home

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Hayley Ryan lost her son Zaiyan at 30 weeks after being admitted to Prince Charles Hospital in South Wales with an NHS investigation finding several "care problems"

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s excess death rate is at a disastrous high – and the causes go far beyond Covid

A deadly, avoidable crisis is under way, fuelled by NHS cuts, the neglect of social care, inequality and the soaring cost of living, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer pledges to tackle ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ to save NHS

Labour leader sets out views on health service, saying ‘if we don’t get real about reform, the NHS will die’

Irish Mirror

Ireland priest shortage sees families waiting up to two weeks to bury loved ones

Stephen Murphy, of Jennings Funeral Directors, said more people are holding ceremonies in funeral homes as fewer priests means a longer wait for a church Mass.

The Independent UK

Women seeking abortions face ‘cruel’ delays due to NHS funding row

Exclusive: ‘I don’t understand how anyone managing healthcare can act so cruelly,’ says medical director of leading UK abortion provider

The Independent UK

Dementia patient’s ‘barbaric’ five-hour ambulance wait and three days on A&E trolley

Exclusive: Daughter describes ‘traumatic’ experience tending to her mother in a crowded hospital corridor

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on how the UK has become a hostile place to have children

Parents are being forced to bring up their offspring in conditions that will have grave repercussions for society

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