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Rising fuel bills could hit front-line police services
Rising fuel bills could force the Metropolitan Police to make cutbacks, according to the man who represents rank-and-file officers. The Met's fuel bill has gone up from £10.7 million in 2006 to £12.2 million this year as petrol prices continue to rocket
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Kingston cancer patient asked to pay £55k for life-saving NHS treatment
A retired company chairman from Kingston has been asked by the NHS to pay a £55,000 lump sum because he paid privately to top up his cancer care with life-prolonging drugs. Jonathan Chapple, 69, from Warren Road, has been told by specialists that he
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Tory MP who described Labour as 'living on a different planet' banks nearly £3m
Shadow cabinet member and Weybridge MP Philip Hammond is reported to have received nearly £3 million in share payouts in the past five years. On Friday the Tory shadow chief secretary to the Treasury accused Labour politicians of "living on a different
