Pledges by the two main political parties on National Health Service spending are likely to lead to cuts elsewhere or increases in tax according to detailed analysis published today by the King’s Fund and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. They say commitments made by Labour and the Conservative not to cut NHS spending in real terms from 2011 onwards would inevitably lead to hard decisions.

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Seventeen community projects across England are to be the first to benefit from a new partnership between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. The schemes are designed to cut carbon emissions and to develop local clean energy sources.

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Stress management has become a key activity for managers as the effect of the recession has an increasing effect in the workplace. New guidance, jointly funded by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Health and Safety Executive and Investors in People, has been published to identify the management behaviours that will help organisations reduce stress at work.

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