Karen Jennings, assistant general secretary of the public sector union Unison, is worried that the new service, once put out to tender, could be target-driven meaning some patients are forced back to work too early.

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On Sunday The Jerusalem Post reported that the Pentagon has forced Israel Aerospace Industries to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company to compete in a multi-billion dollar tender to sell new multi-role fighters to the Indian air force.

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