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"I have also asked my department to investigate the possibility of introducing this as an option for those who are too obese to work" IDS liquid diet Liquid diets: Iain Duncan Smith targets obese benefit claimants Revealing Iain Duncan Smith's enthusiasm for putting obese benefit claimants on a liquid diet says a lot about the motivation of the man running the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Green toxification Climate change blues: The Tories' green retoxification confirmed Owen Paterson's startlingly frank disavowal of climate change this week marks the final demise of the Tories' green detoxification. Smoking ban Why did Lord Darzi pull out of an anti-smoking debate? The man who wants a health revolution in Britain is unwilling to engage with his critics Park smoking ban shows how tragically anti-smoking movement lost its way While e-cigarettes wean millions off cigarettes, anti-smoking campaigners are lost in a symbolic world of bans and fines	Advertise your job vacancies here Mixed messages over regional school commissioners and National Teaching Service Voice General Secretary Deborah Lawson - 'We would like to hear more about supporting schools and communities, and less about undermining and removing headteachers'. Women teachers facing discrimination and inequality Women teachers say they are being denied their contractual entitlements on pay and working conditions, a conference organised by the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, has heard. Scottish Budget: Tax advisers pleased to see back of ‘slab system’ for taxing property sales The UK’s leading tax institute has commented on the announcement of the first rates for Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), made in the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget, published today. Cameron's Offer of ‘Jam’ Tomorrow On the face of it, raising the tax threshold sounds great, but the problem is this; when you earn so little, tax really isn't the problem. It’s the amount that you earn that is the real issue. House purchase lending in August down 3% on July New CML data on the characteristics of lending in August show that lending declined slightly compared to July, the first month-on-month drop in house purchase lending volume since February this year. CML welcomes FPC's view on Help to Buy We welcome the financial policy committee's (FPC) view that the chancellor does not need to make any changes to the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme. Clegg announcement on introduction of maximum waiting times for mental health is a ‘watershed moment’ says charity Millions of lives could be improved by the introduction of the first ever maximum waiting times for NHS mental health services, according to the charity Rethink Mental Illness.

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