Senior figures in the police service have set out plans for reform and improvements to value for money. The joint report from a number of groups builds on the Policing White Paper and gives more details on how the service can deliver savings of at least 545 million pounds.

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A new tool has been launched to enable local health and social care services to become part of the growing integrated care initiative. The Health Minister, Mike O’Brien, and Care Services Minister, Phil Hope, said personalised, seamless services for local people were at the heart of a new nationwide community driving up the quality of care, sharing knowledge and shaping policy.

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The Raising of the Participation Age means that all young people will continue in education or training to 17 from 2013 and to 18 from 2015. This will be the first time in nearly forty years that the education leaving age has been raised.

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