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May 08, 2013

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1:34 PM | A Queen’s Speech to speed up progress against cancer?

This morning the Queen opened the third session of the 2010-15 Parliament with a speech in the House of Lords. Her speech was written by the Government, and outlined its legislative agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session (which will last … Continue reading →

April 15, 2013

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11:20 AM | Dan Jarvis MP: Why I’m running the Marathon for Cancer Research UK

Dan Jarvis is the Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central and a Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport. Here he shares his story about why he’s running a Marathon for Cancer Research UK. Three years ago, after a long … Continue reading →

March 20, 2013

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6:11 PM | Budget 2013 – impact on Cancer Research UK

The Chancellor, George Osborne, presented his fourth Budget today, against a backdrop of poor growth and declining poll ratings for his Party since last year’s Budget. Many of us are feeling the pinch in these harsh economic times – including … Continue reading →

December 13, 2012

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5:53 PM | Ambassadors and staff descend on Britain Against Cancer conference

Tuesday was a particularly busy day for our Policy Department, as the 14th annual Britain Against Cancer conference was held in Westminster. The conference is organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC), a group of MPs and … Continue reading →

November 14, 2012

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6:37 PM | The shape of the new NHS – two key documents published yesterday

Since coming to power in May 2010, the UK’s coalition government has begun to roll out some far-reaching reforms of the way the NHS works across England. Without getting too caught up in their finer details, a key feature of … Continue reading →

September 27, 2012

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8:35 AM | What should the new NHS Commissioning Board focus on?

How would you spend £80 billion of taxpayers’ money to ensure that our healthcare services remain among the best in the world? That’s the challenge faced by the new NHS Commissioning Board, which is set to be formally established in … Continue reading →

August 20, 2012

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11:01 AM | Good news for patients? The National Cancer Patient Experience Survey

Last Friday, the Department of Health published the results from the fourth National Cancer Patient Experience survey. The survey is a good thing – we’d like the government to do it every year. The results are extremely useful, especially for … Continue reading →

June 13, 2012

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7:49 PM | Success! Chancellor excludes charitable donations from new tax relief cap

You may have seen in the news that the Chancellor proposed to introduce an ‘Income Tax Relief Cap’ in Budget 2012. For the first time this limits the amount of tax relief that individuals can claim, and would have included charitable donations. … Continue reading →