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Today 's top stories guardian society

• paper leaked new NHS Board says with ? 20bn budget direct health care reforms

• commitments to NHS waiting times in doubt

• Council sends letters of dismissal to all employees

• Council spending cuts: why the potholes aren 't filled

• Cuts to councils warning: don 't ignore homelessness

• Minister to unveil changes to free childcare

• Public-private pay gap is widest in 10 years

• State pensions shakeup of the privatization scheme, warns Labour

• 'first-time home buyers, he has put'

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On my radar ...

• Shropshire , In which \ the Council's entire workforce was a dismissal letter - and has told workers they will only be reinstated if they agree to a 5.4% pay cut. Our history has been more than 160 comments received. I particularly liked the contribution of zeefor:

"I say let the entire staff call their bluff - 'T sign they should see whether they are capable of recruiting an ENTIRE staff are bloody Shropshire doesn \..' Don \ t have such a large population, and it would be amazing to see them all stand together and refuse to bullied. \ Be "

Commenter SaEzza get to have belonged to those to the letter:

"... Please note: to be dismissed if I do not accept, and under new conditions and a pay cut, my \ reuse" are not reasons for leaving the Council, referred to as redundancy and do not receive severance "Note. also that the 5.4% pay cut to which a salary of ? 13.500, they earn ? 51,000 applies. No word from those who earn more [including the Chief Executive]. I conclude remembers those asking that the Tory council members, who voted for this decision are not optional. They are all paid for sessions in which they participate as decisions are made. No big company here. "

• Primary care trusts have been developing use of geographic information systems, but their dissolution risks a loss of expertise, hears Tracey Caldwell

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• This article was amended on 6 July 2011 to correct a reference to Sarah Baskers.