19/03/16

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Iain Duncan Smith resigns as Work and Pensions Secretary in protest at cuts to disability benefits
Duncan Smith has resigned from the Government in protest at George Osborne's proposed cuts to benefits for the disabled

Iain Duncan Smith has dramatically resigned from the Government in protest at George Osborne's proposed cuts to benefits for the disabled.

The former Conservative leader said that plans to cut the benefits paid to the disabled by more than £1 billion were a "compromise too far" and said that welfare for pensioners should be cut instead.

He added that they are "not defensible" when announced alongside a budget that benefits higher earning taxpayers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/12198397/Iain-Duncan-Smith-resigns-as-Work-and-Pensions-Secretary.html

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A&E now 'overwhelmed' says top doc as he calls for army of medics to be sent in
Exclusive: Britain's most senior A&E doctor says a crisis in casualty departments is escalating rapidly, with risks to safety amid desperate shortages of medics

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/laura-donnelly/12198069/AandE-now-overwhelmed-says-top-doc-as-he-calls-for-army-of-medics-to-be-sent-in.html

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Five arrested as Salah Abdeslam is wounded and captured alive in police shootout
Suspected Paris attack mastermind has been captured alive along with two others following shootout with Brussels police, according to French and Belgian authorities

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/12197932/Fingerprints-of-Paris-attacks-fugitive-Salah-Abdeslam-found-in-raided-Brussels-flat.html