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The Institute for Fiscal Studies says a pilot of business rate retention for English Councils has limited potential for learning about the long-term impact. 

The NHS can expect to see performance this summer as poor as that seen in recent winters, as so-called 'winter pressures' extend right through the year, according to new analysis from the British Medical Association.

Chair of the Public Accounts Committee says the NHS 'continues to scrape by on emergency hand-outs'.

The number of hospital admissions due to an older person falling is set to rise to nearly 1,000 a day by the end of the decade, according to figures obtained by the Local Government Association.