RESIDENTS opposed to the closure of a post office in Radcliffe slammed the consultation exercise to decide its future. At a meeting of Radcliffe Local Area Partnership councillors and community ...

Almost a fifth of all care homes in England have been rated as substandard, including some areas where every facility fails to come up to scratch. Ministers are being urged to hold cross-party talks ...

FAMILIES in Gwynedd were let down by a post-code lottery of "inconsistent" social services, a critical report reveals today. Inspectors said there was an urgent need for radical improvements in the ...

Victims of crime face a postcode lottery over the availability of "restorative" justice schemes that bring them into contact with offenders, a Commons report has found. While some variation is ...

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A BLAIRGOWRIE street hit the jackpot this week winning £30,000 in the Peoples Postcode Lottery. The lottery, based on players’ postcodes, announced local postcode PH10 6UD to be the winner of its five ...

Britain's post code lottery in health services manifests itself in the failure of GP's and PCT's to equally prescribe life saving and prolonging medicines and treatments regardless of where patients ...

HOUSEHOLDERS in flood-prone areas may face rocketing home insurance bills when a fresh risk assessment of the province is completed by the Government, an Assembly member has warned. HOUSEHOLDERS in ...

Sage and Nesta report shows small and medium businesses in some local authorities are up to 26 times more productive than others – with local initiatives, business death rates and education all ...

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The post-code lottery in medical treatment is flourishing, according to a report today which shows that patients' addresses still determine how much is spent on their care. The King's Fund analysis of ...