The Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (Frame) which wants to moderate some of the uses and methods employed in labs has questioned the merits of the project with the UK's Animal Procedures Committee.

BBC: Mice mutants probe human genome

The suggestion that they fund a replacement for the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA), a grant for teenagers scrapped by the government in England, has gone down badly.

BBC: Education & Family

On the health care front, as a candidate for President, I pledged to make sure we were helping New Orleans recruit doctors and nurses, and rebuild medical facilities -- including a new veterans hospital. (Applause.) Well, we have resolved a long-standing dispute -- one that had tied up hundreds of millions of dollars -- to fund the replacement for Charity Hospital.

WHITEHOUSE: A Commitment to Restoring New Orleans

"The junior Isa account that the government is considering as a replacement for the Child Trust Fund will not help children who do not have a parent to save for their future, " Mr Peace said.

BBC: Child Trust Fund abolition to 'hit children in care'