David Davis wants 50p tax rate axed Nick Clegg calls for help for low-paid Pressure: George Osborne faces demands from all sides as Tory heavyweight David Davis renewed his calls to slash business taxes and cut the 50p top rate The Chancellor is under gr

Surgeons carry out an organ transplant. Photo: Mark Wilson THE number of Victorian families deciding to donate the organs of a loved one is increasing, new figures show. As he launched a new DVD yesterday to promote donation, Victorian Health Minister Da

George Osborne was today urged by Labour to implement "significant tax cuts" in next month's Budget. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls suggested the Government could cut income tax by 3p, raise the income tax threshold to above £10,000 or increase tax credits f

All Australian families must discuss organ donation to help lift the nation's lowly donor rate, advocates say. Just 1001 people across Australia received donated organs in 2011, thanks to a total of 337 donors, health department figures show. Victorian H

Wanted: Christopher Tappin, who cares for his seriously ill wife, faces a possible 35 years in jail A retired businessman was yesterday given just a week to surrender to U.S Marshals over conspiracy charges which he vehemently denies. Christopher Tappin,

Obviously this is not intended to be a long-term campaign… The dating site is offering to provide the fast-moving MP with a full-time driver and specially-designed taxi for him to call upon whenever he should wish. Ashleymadison.com, which launched last

TEENAGERS employed as health assistants in a Victorian hospital say they were overwhelmed by the work at times and needed more training related to death, dying and other traumatic events, a state government report says. Health assistants have become cont

If Victorian nurses carry out their threat to quit en masse, they will be endangering patients' lives, Health Minister David Davis says. Mr Davis says the Australian Nursing Federation should come clean and identify where the thousands of nurses threaten

For better or worse, richer or poorer, the SNP's Highland fling has never been closer to breaking the union. So why is the coalition shirking a battle with the tartan army? Eleven years ago, Alex Salmond resigned as leader of the Scottish National Party,

BLOOMINGTON — With today being Abraham Lincoln’s birthday (happy 203rd Abe!), it’s natural that our attention turns to the Civil War, especially since we’re in the midst of the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) commemoration of the nation’s greatest —

Waiting lists for public dental services have grown to about 2 1/2 years and children are suffering the most. Source: HWT Image Library MORE than half our six-year-old children are losing their baby teeth to decay. Waiting lists for public dental service

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. Sunday marks the 16th president's 203rd birthday and the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington will be celebrating by offering free tours. Two of the tour guides will be Lincoln impers

The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present. Certificates of births and deaths occurring in all of Lorain County, except for the city of Lorain, are available at

DEFRA has reassured farmers that sensitive information relating to them remains secure, despite admitting to five security breaches last year. Junior DEFRA minister Richard Benyon made the admission in answer to a Parliamentary question from David Davis

Using solariums before the age of 35 raises the risk of skin cancer by 75 per cent. Picture: Steve Morenos Source: The Daily Telegraph SUN bed operators will face fines of more than $700,000 if they flout Victoria's tanning laws. Health Minister David Da

Victoria's health system will be able to withstand any nurse resignations that may come and staff will not need to be brought in from interstate to deal with any shortfall, the state government says. Health Minister David Davis said it would be tacticall

THE Victorian Opposition has called on the Government to reveal what contingency plans it has to replace the state's nurses, who are threatening mass resignations. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews says Victorians deserve to know the nature of the plans a

AAP Victoria's health system will be able to withstand any nurse resignations that may come and staff will not need to be brought in from interstate to deal with any shortfall, the state government says. Health Minister David Davis said it would be tacti

Victorian nurses have authorised their union to resign for them en masse at the end of the month if they have not made headway in an industrial campaign. Health Minister David Davis told The Age that the government was taking very seriously the threat of