Private firms and voluntary groups are to be offered cash incentives to get unemployed people into work for longer. Work Secretary James Purnell said the plan, which will see more payments if someone is in work for six months, was intended to "personalise" services. It came as MPs said 40% of jobseekers allowance claimants who find a job are out of work again within six months.
An MP has expressed dismay over fears an Aberdeen factory which employs disabled workers could close.
US scientists have managed to rid diabetic mice of the effects of the disease using a cocktail of drugs. The mice, who had type 1 diabetes, started producing their own insulin after taking a mixture of four drugs.
Age-related macular degeneration, a common cause of blindness, has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Researchers found the risk of dying from the cardiovascular conditions was at least doubled in people with AMD. The study raises the possibility - disputed by UK experts - that drugs for the condition may be to blame. The University of Sydney research appears in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Prescriptions charges in England should be reviewed as thousands of people are not collecting medicines because of cost, Citizens Advice has said. It follows a poll of 880 people which found 2% were put off by the price - a total of 800,000 if the proportion were repeated across the whole of England.
Commenting on today's announcement from the Department of Work and Pensions that it is to cut up to 12,000 jobs over the next three years, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander said:
