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Rachel Hatton benefit fraud charges: Former Miss Great Britain hopeful accused of false claims (2/4/2012 5:04:20 PM) Rachel Hatton, 28, allegedly claimed income support, housing benefits and council tax benefits after falsely telling officials she lived alone. She denied three charges at Northampton Magistrates' Court today. Breaking news: Lottery couple defend benefit claim (2/4/2012 12:26:55 PM) A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. Breaking News: Lottery couple defend benefit claim (2/4/2012 11:09:05 AM) A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. Lottery couple defend benefit claim (2/4/2012 10:04:04 AM) A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. UK & World News: Lottery couple defend benefit claim (2/4/2012 8:51:23 AM) A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. Breaking News: Lottery couple defend benefit claim (2/4/2012 8:51:22 AM) A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. Lottery couple defend benefit claim (2/4/2012 8:51:22 AM) A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. Lottery couple defend benefit claim (2/4/2012 7:47:07 AM) A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later. Former Miss Great Britain hopeful accused of claiming £22,000 in benefits fraud (2/4/2012 12:04:21 AM) Rachel Hatton, 28, allegedly claimed income support, housing benefits and council tax benefits after falsely telling officials she lived alone. She denied three charges at Northampton Magistrates' Court today. Ex Miss Great Britain competitor denies £22,000 benefits fraud (2/3/2012 7:07:22 PM) A former Miss Britain competitor has denied claiming more than £22,000 in benefits as a single parent while living with her partner. HR business boosts Aon profit (2/3/2012 3:24:16 PM) (Reuters) - Aon Corp posted a higher quarterly profit that narrowly beat market estimates as the world's largest insurance broker continued to reap the benefits from its acquisition of Hewitt Associates. Research Highlights New Treatments, Compares Existing Therapies For Prostate Cancer (2/3/2012 1:46:17 AM) Research on promising new therapies and data on the relative benefits of established treatments for prostate cancer have been released, in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 2-4, 2012, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, Calif... Should we be fortifying foods with nutrients? (2/3/2012 1:25:54 AM) Ten eggs, some meat fat and a portion of oily fish sounds like a recipe for an upset stomach. This is, however, what you'd need to eat each day to get the current recommended daily intake of vitamin D solely by managing your diet. And it underlines why, as the implications of vitamin deficiency hit the headlines once more, so, too, are the potential benefits of fortifying food.Related StoriesBody Pods: Art from the heart of scienceIn the thick of a new satire: Peter Capaldi on his new foray into gentle comedyThe 10 best food processorsCan a ready-made cocktail ever eclipse the real deal?Taste la difference! The Cordon Bleu culinary school has a lavish new London flagship £33k cheat who had 10 houses (2/3/2012 1:25:54 AM) A BENEFITS cheat from Latvia has been jailed after claiming more than £33,000 in handouts despite owning a UK property portfolio. Drug addict was benefit fraudster (2/3/2012 12:29:06 AM) A DRUG addict who fraudulently claimed £8,000 worth of benefits despite taking on a number of jobs has been ordered to deal with his addiction. Jobless claims fall, jobs market slowly healing (2/2/2012 4:04:03 PM) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States fell more than expected last week, pointing to more healing in the nation's battered jobs market. Jobless claims fall, jobs market slowly healing (2/2/2012 2:24:58 PM) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States fell more than expected last week, pointing to more healing in the nation's battered jobs market. Stock futures turn higher after jobless data (2/2/2012 2:24:58 PM) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures erased losses to turn positive on Thursday after data showed new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to more healing in the nation's battered jobs market. Study Finds Testosterone Makes Us Less Cooperative And More Egocentric (2/2/2012 10:44:05 AM) Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) has found. The findings may have implications for how group decisions are affected by dominant individuals. Problem solving in groups can provide benefits over individual decisions as we are able to share our information and expertise... Geography Over Need Is Putting Sicker Patients Needing Lung Transplant At Higher Risk Of Dying (2/2/2012 10:44:05 AM) The current system for allocating donated lungs based on proximity and not on need appears to decrease the potential benefits of lung transplantation and increase the number of patients who die waiting, researchers said at an annual meeting of thoracic surgeons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla... David Cameron defends 'fair' welfare reforms (2/2/2012 10:28:21 AM) The Government has offered concessions over its £26,000 cap on benefits as MPs threw out changes to the controversial welfare reforms made in the House of Lords. Coalition to use rare strategy to force its welfare reforms through the Lords (2/2/2012 10:28:21 AM) The Government is ready to force its controversial £26,000-a-year benefits cap through Parliament through a rarely-used device allowing it to override opposition in the House of Lords. ‘We’re backing construction’ – Hutt (2/2/2012 8:48:57 AM) THE new Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan will seek to maximise the benefits for companies and communities, the Finance Minister will say today. Benefit cap is being urged to be voted against by Labour leader Ed Miliband (2/2/2012 2:37:33 AM) Ed Miliband was accused of betraying working families last night as he made a last-ditch attempt to derail the Government’s benefits cap. VIDEO: Disabled 'deprived benefits' warning (2/1/2012 11:45:40 PM) As MPs in Westminster debated the future of welfare payments, it was being claimed some of Wales' most vulnerable people are being deprived of benefits unjustly. Breaking News: Concessions offered on benefits cap (2/1/2012 10:47:55 PM) The Government has offered concessions over its £26,000 cap on benefits as MPs threw out changes to the controversial welfare reforms made in the House of Lords. Breaking news: Concessions offered on benefits cap (2/1/2012 10:47:55 PM) The Government has offered concessions over its £26,000 cap on benefits as MPs threw out changes to the controversial welfare reforms made in the House of Lords. Breaking News: Concessions offered on benefits cap (2/1/2012 10:07:55 PM) The Government has offered concessions over its £26,000 cap on benefits as MPs threw out changes to the controversial welfare reforms made in the House of Lords. UK & World News: Concessions offered on benefits cap (2/1/2012 7:48:57 PM) The Government has offered concessions over its £26,000 cap on benefits as MPs threw out changes to the controversial welfare reforms made in the House of Lords. Concessions offered on benefits cap (2/1/2012 7:27:23 PM) The Government has offered concessions over its £26,000 cap on benefits as MPs threw out changes to the controversial welfare reforms made in the House of Lords. Concessions offered on benefits cap (2/1/2012 6:33:18 PM) The Government has offered concessions over its £26,000 cap on benefits as MPs threw out changes to the controversial welfare reforms made in the House of Lords. 15 Kids and Counting: Single mother of 14 Joanne Watson slams critics who brand her a scrounger (2/1/2012 5:44:14 PM) Joanne, 40, is no ordinary mum. She has 14 children, ranging in age from three to 22 and survives largely on state benefits after the breakdown of her marriage in 2010. Jail for mum claiming false benefit (2/1/2012 2:48:29 PM) A MOTHER-OF-FOUR has been jailed for 20 weeks for fraudulently claiming benefits for nearly nine years. ESC Cardiologists 'Intrigued' By Novel Approach To Heart Failure (2/1/2012 11:43:53 AM) The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes an "intriguing" study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, featuring a completely novel approach for improving endothelial function in heart failureÂ¹. In the "hypothesis generating" study, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) delivered significant improvements in peak post ischemic blood flow in the arm, a trend for improvement in peak post ischemic blood flow in the leg, but failed to show benefits in exercise capacity and several inflammatory markers... Benefits cap sop to Lib Dems as workers who lose jobs given nine-month exemption (2/1/2012 10:04:32 AM) Downing Street yesterday said the Government was determined to overturn six defeats in the Lords, including a bid led by a group of bishops backed by Labour to wreck the benefits cap. New welfare defeat for ministers (1/31/2012 11:44:14 PM) The government suffers a seventh defeat in the House of Lords over proposed changes to the benefits system. US agency: AMR will seek to end worker pensions (1/31/2012 7:47:09 PM) (Reuters) - The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp, which has responsibility for insuring certain benefits under private defined benefit pension plans, said on Tuesday it believes American Airlines will seek to terminate employee pensions in bankruptcy. Opportunities And Challenges Of Palliative Care In The ICU Discussed In Expert Roundtable (1/31/2012 1:44:45 PM) If you think palliative care and the ICU don't go together, think again. The importance and potential benefits of palliative care to ease suffering and improve quality of life for patients being treated in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) has received increasing recognition but is not without significant challenges, as discussed in a Roundtable discussion in Journal of Palliative Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc... Labour urging benefit cap changes (1/29/2012 5:24:05 PM) Labour will oppose the government's plans for a national £26,000 cap on household benefits when MPs debate them next week, says Liam Byrne. Britain to pick and choose its immigrants to get only 'the brightest and best' in new clampdown (1/29/2012 2:44:08 PM) People who cannot speak English and who are likely to claim benefits will face greater scrutiny under the reforms which will be set out this week by immigration minister, Damian Green. Communities to 'appraise' nature (1/28/2012 6:24:29 AM) Communities could be encouraged to make their own assessments of the direct benefits they get from nature. Fears about jobs and welfare benefit claims (1/28/2012 1:44:34 AM) A MASSIVE 78 per cent of voters want the Government to ignore Brussels rules that could entitle European Union migrants to claim welfare benefits in Britain. Hysteria and the moral battle to end welfare dependency (1/28/2012 1:24:31 AM) This week’s row about welfare reform threw up several shocking facts. First, the £26,000-per-household cap on benefits that the Government seeks to impose is equivalent to a £35,000 pre–tax salary of someone in work. To say that welfare is a perennially toxic subject is one of the great political understatements of our times. Ed Miliband: Spend more on benefits (1/27/2012 12:24:36 AM) BLUNDERING Ed Miliband yesterday sparked outrage by backing higher benefits than those crippling Britain. Pre-pack administration overhaul dropped (1/27/2012 12:03:43 AM) The Government has dropped proposals to overhaul controversial pre-pack administrations, claiming it is "not convinced" of the benefits of new rules. Study Examines Research On Overuse Of Health Care Services (1/27/2012 12:03:43 AM) An article, which is part of the JAMA/Archives journals 'Less is More' series that is published in the January 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that in the U.S. overusing the health care services appears to be an understudied problem given that research literature is limited to only a few services and rates of overuse vary widely. Background information in the article states that overuse of medical services, as in those services that provide no benefit or where the benefits are outweighed by harm, tend to contribute to high health care costs... Prostate Cancer - Evidence Not Beliefs Matter Regarding Screening And Treatment (1/27/2012 12:03:43 AM) According to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and prostate expert Marc B. Garnick, MD, physicians who advise PSA tests for men being screened for prostate cancer must base their decision more on available evidence when recommending screening, biopsies and treatments, instead of holding on to long held beliefs that PSA-based testing benefits all... Cavan reaps benefits of fleadh (1/26/2012 4:43:52 PM) Julian Fowler looks at the benefits of hosting the All-Ireland Fleadh Jobless claims rise, but trend shows improvement (1/26/2012 2:24:05 PM) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, a government report showed on Thursday, but the underlying trend continued to point to improving labor market conditions. Young entrepreneurs CUE up to boost healthcare and save planet (1/26/2012 12:08:37 PM) Teams bidding for glory in Cambridge University Entrepreneurs’ £1k challenge in February are set to unveil game-changing technologies worth billions in potential revenue but carrying the promise of priceless benefits for humanity. Read more... Mayor launches campaign urging older Londoners and carers to claim heating benefits (1/26/2012 10:08:00 AM) A new information campaign has been launched by London Mayor Boris Johnson aimed at reminding older Londoners and carers to claim benefits that will help cut their heating bills over the winter. Call for world market rules reform (1/26/2012 4:43:51 AM) Former Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson has called for reform of the rules governing globalisation to ensure that its benefits are more widely shared. Rebuke for Duncan Smith over immigrant statistics (1/25/2012 11:43:44 PM) Figures showing 371,000 immigrants were on benefits were rushed out by ministers with insufficient regard for "weaknesses" in the data, a watchdog has complained.Related StoriesAlex Salmond unveils Scottish referendum questionGoodwin's knighthood on the agendaCity mayor polls brought forwardEuropean court must meddle less, says David CameronBill Gates hails UK 'commitment' to fight poverty Over 55s More Active Than Younger People (1/25/2012 11:04:04 PM) According to survey by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), individuals aged 55+ are more active than the younger generation. Results from the survey revealed that people over the age of 55 do around 28 minutes more physical activity per week than their 18 to 25 year-old counterparts. Although there is clear evidence of the health benefits associated with physical activity, 30% of survey respondents over the age of 55 cite the British weather as the most restricting factor for engaging in physical activity, followed by long term health conditions (29%). In order to motivate the 7... Minister rebuked over immigration statistics (1/25/2012 5:25:18 PM) The UK’s statistics watchdog has rebuked a minister over his handling of controversial figures on benefits claimed by immigrants. Dutasteride Slows Down Early Stage Prostate Cancer Progression (1/25/2012 4:23:58 PM) A study published Online First in The Lancet has found that a common medication (dutasteride) used to treat enlargement of the prostate, may also reduce the need for treatments that pose risks of incontinence and impotence and delay growth of early-stage prostate cancer. Neil Fleshner, lead researcher of the investigation from Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada, said: "Our trial is the first study to show the benefits of use of a 5Î±-reductase inhibitor to reduce the need for aggressive treatment in men undergoing active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer... Most Employed Mothers Would Work Even If They Didn't Have To According To A Recent Study (1/25/2012 9:23:27 AM) Working mothers may be busy, but they like it that way. A recent study of employed moms finds that most would work even if they didn't have to, but they're also looking for new ways to negotiate the demands of mothering and the pressures to be an "ideal" employee. Unlike earlier research, the study - published in the February issue of Gender & Society - finds that many employed mothers emphasize the benefits they, and their children, receive from their paid work... Decision Of Researchers To Temporarily Halt Research On H5N1 Applauded By Georgetown Professor (1/25/2012 9:23:27 AM) A Georgetown University Medical Center professor says the voluntary action taken by two research teams to temporarily halt work involving the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is "laudable." In the researchers' statement, published by Science and Nature, the authors stated that they "recognize that we and the rest of the scientific community need to clearly explain the benefits of this important research and the measures taken to minimize its possible risks." The statement comes in the wake of a debate following the U.S... Breaking news: Lord Carey backs benefits reform (1/25/2012 7:48:08 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap, arguing the current welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and irresponsibility". Lord Carey Slams Bishops Over Benefits Cap (1/25/2012 7:48:08 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap. UK & World News: Lord Carey backs benefits reform (1/25/2012 6:08:09 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap, arguing the current welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and irresponsibility". Carey attacks bishops on benefits (1/25/2012 6:03:28 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey criticises Church of England bishops who opposed the government's cap on benefits in the Lords. Breaking News: Lord Carey backs benefits reform (1/25/2012 3:27:55 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap, arguing the current welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and irresponsibility". Lord Carey backs benefits reform (1/25/2012 2:48:39 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap, arguing the current welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and irresponsibility". Breaking News: Lord Carey backs benefits reform (1/25/2012 2:48:39 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap, arguing the current welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and irresponsibility". Lord Carey backs benefits reform (1/25/2012 2:24:33 AM) Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has thrown his weight behind the Government's plans to introduce a £26,000 benefits cap, arguing the current welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and irresponsibility". Tories' benefits cap in disarray (1/25/2012 1:49:05 AM) Coalition plans to limit benefits are in disarray. Tory Work Secretary Iain Duncan Smith insists people can escape his benefits cap of £26,000 per family by getting a job. Now his claims have been shattered – by the Department for Work and Pensions. Welfare reform: Labour, bishops and Lib Dem peers derail benefits cap plan (1/24/2012 2:23:50 PM) Ministers reacted with fury as Church leaders suggested that capping benefits at a maximum of £26,000 a year was somehow un-Christian. Cellular Degradation May Determine The Health Benefits Of Exercise (1/24/2012 11:43:48 AM) The health benefits of exercise on blood sugar metabolism may come from the body's ability to devour itself, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in the journal Nature. Autophagy is a process by which a cell responds to starvation and other stresses by degrading damaged or unneeded parts of itself to produce energy. It is sometimes called the cell's housekeeping pathway. "Exercise is known to have many health benefits but the mechanisms have been unclear... Breaking news: Government shrugs off Lords defeat (1/24/2012 9:08:32 AM) Coalition plans to cap benefits will be implemented "in full" the Government insisted despite a stinging parliamentary defeat that saw a record rebellion among Lib Dem peers. Breaking News: Government shrugs off Lords defeat (1/24/2012 8:48:23 AM) Coalition plans to cap benefits will be implemented "in full" the Government insisted despite a stinging parliamentary defeat that saw a record rebellion among Lib Dem peers. Government shrugs off Lords defeat (1/24/2012 8:23:38 AM) Coalition plans to cap benefits will be implemented "in full" the Government insisted despite a stinging parliamentary defeat that saw a record rebellion among Lib Dem peers. Gilenya (Multiple-Sclerosis Drug) - May Pose Health Risk (1/24/2012 7:43:25 AM) The risks and benefits of Gilenya, a medication for multiple-sclerosis, is currently under review by the European Medicines Agency, after one patient in the U.S. died less than 24 hours after the first dose (the exact cause of death is still unknown), and other reports of heart problems in patients taking the medication... Papers focus on benefits defeat (1/24/2012 7:03:47 AM) Papers focus on benefits defeat Ministers undeterred over welfare (1/24/2012 7:03:47 AM) The government vows to press ahead with controversial plans for a cap on benefits despite a defeat in the House of Lords. UK & World News: Government shrugs off Lords defeat (1/24/2012 5:28:37 AM) Coalition plans to cap benefits will be implemented "in full" the Government insisted despite a stinging parliamentary defeat that saw a record rebellion among Lib Dem peers. Breaking News: Government shrugs off Lords defeat (1/24/2012 5:28:37 AM) Coalition plans to cap benefits will be implemented "in full" the Government insisted despite a stinging parliamentary defeat that saw a record rebellion among Lib Dem peers. Breaking news: Peers defeat welfare reform plans (1/24/2012 2:47:54 AM) The Government has suffered a defeat over its welfare reform proposals as peers supported a move to exempt child benefit from the £26,000 benefits cap. Breaking news: Ministers brush off benefits defeat (1/24/2012 2:47:54 AM) The Government has insisted it will push through its plans for a benefits cap despite suffering a stinging parliamentary defeat at the hands of Church of England bishops. Cheating benefits adviser sacked after 'gross exaggeration' of crash injuries helped him get free car funded by the taxpayer (1/24/2012 2:25:07 AM) Benefits advisor Richard Marsden, 41, from Burnley, used his knowledge of the benefits system to 'grossly exaggerate' injuries he sustained in a car smash almost 20 years earlier. Labour, bishops and Lib Dem peers derail plan to cap benefits (1/24/2012 2:25:07 AM) Ministers reacted with fury as Church leaders suggested that capping benefits at a maximum of £26,000 a year was somehow un-Christian. Duncan Smith in row with charity over the meaning of homelessness (1/24/2012 2:25:07 AM) The Work and Pensions Secretary was embroiled in the dispute after he said families on benefits were officially regarded as homeless if two children were forced to share a bedroom. Breaking News: Peers defeat welfare reform plans (1/24/2012 1:29:07 AM) The Government has suffered a defeat over its welfare reform proposals as peers supported a move to exempt child benefit from the £26,000 benefits cap. Breaking News: Ministers brush off benefits defeat (1/24/2012 1:29:07 AM) The Government has insisted it will push through its plans for a benefits cap despite suffering a stinging parliamentary defeat at the hands of Church of England bishops. UK & World News: Peers defeat welfare reform plans (1/24/2012 12:28:28 AM) The Government has suffered a defeat over its welfare reform proposals as peers supported a move to exempt child benefit from the £26,000 benefits cap. UK & World News: Ministers brush off benefits defeat (1/24/2012 12:28:28 AM) The Government has insisted it will push through its plans for a benefits cap despite suffering a stinging parliamentary defeat at the hands of Church of England bishops. Coalition plan for jobless will fail to meet targets, says NAO (1/24/2012 12:04:55 AM) The Coalition's flagship work programme to get the unemployed off benefits and back into jobs will fail to help as many people as officials claim, according to a damning report by the UK spending watchdog. Stockpiled flu drug has "modest" benefits: reports (1/24/2012 12:04:49 AM) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After billions of dollars worldwide have been spent stockpiling the anti-flu drug Tamiflu, two new reports cast doubt on the medication's benefits and say its side effects may have been underestimated. Breaking News: Peers defeat welfare reform plans (1/23/2012 9:47:47 PM) The Government has suffered a defeat over its welfare reform proposals as peers supported a move to exempt child benefit from the £26,000 benefits cap. Breaking News: Ministers brush off benefits defeat (1/23/2012 9:47:47 PM) The Government has insisted it will push through its plans for a benefits cap despite suffering a stinging parliamentary defeat at the hands of Church of England bishops. Peers defeat welfare reform plans (1/23/2012 8:08:26 PM) The Government has suffered a defeat over its welfare reform proposals as peers supported a move to exempt child benefit from the £26,000 benefits cap. Pomegranate Seed Oil For Menopause No Better Than Placebo (1/23/2012 8:04:09 PM) Women who took pomegranate seed oil pills to relieve symptoms of the menopause, such as hot flashes, were found to receive no significantly better benefits than those who were given a placebo pill which contained sunflower oil, researchers from the Medical University of Vienna wrote in the journal Menopause. The authors added that theirs is the first (albeit small) proper clinical trial to test pomegranate seed oil for the symptoms of menopause. The researchers explained that more than four in every five females experience hot flashes during the menopause... Psoriatic Arthritis - New Drug Offers Relief (1/23/2012 8:04:09 PM) Around 7.5 million Americans, which is about 2.2% of the population, suffer from psoriaris, an autoimmune disease causing red, flaky skin. A new review in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (JAAOS) reveals that patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a type of arthritis that affects nearly 48% of patients with the skin disease psoriasis, gain substantial benefits from medications or biologic agents that target T-cells, white blood cells involved in the body's immune system. Lead study author Michael S. Day, M.D... Peers defeat welfare reform plans (1/23/2012 7:51:06 PM) The Government has suffered a defeat over its welfare reform proposals as peers supported a move to exempt child benefit from the £26,000 benefits cap. Battle Over Controversial Benefits Cap Plans (1/23/2012 2:48:37 PM) Ministers are braced for a clash with the House of Lords over the Government's attempts to cap benefits at £500 a week. AUDIO: 'I don't have any future left' (1/23/2012 1:43:46 PM) Radio 5 live spoke to an unemployed man claiming benefits who said people would have more respect for him if he was in prison. American banks: Losing altitude (1/23/2012 1:08:56 PM) BY THE time JPMorgan Chase finished reporting its fourth-quarter results on January 14th, any optimism about a lovely, if surprising, sign-off to a difficult year had been squashed. Its return on equity was just over 11%, and if that is how the institution widely thought to be the best managed and best balanced of the big American banks performed, the only question was how poorly the rest would fare.If there was a positive spin on the final quarter of 2011, and the overall year, it was that things were worse three years ago. No big bank, for example, went bust or seems on the verge of doing so. Bank of America, notable for its vast potential to make both profits and losses, has seen its share price rise substantially off its lows so far this year, a consequence either of the innate benefits of scale or, as some mutter, a hesitation on the part of regulators to bury it in yet more mortgage-related litigation. ... Benefits Cap Explained: Who Will Be Affected? (1/23/2012 11:48:25 AM) Plans to cap the amount of money any household can receive in benefits have caused a political row - find out the facts behind the headlines. Papers divided on benefits cap (1/23/2012 11:43:59 AM) Papers focus on key Lords debate about benefits cap Coalition in crisis over benefits cap as Lib Dems in Lords revolt (1/23/2012 9:50:13 AM) Coalition plans to put a £500-a-week cap on benefits are in chaos.