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Alistair Morris, acting chair of the Board, said it is crucial for NHS Fife to look longer term to deliver the savings measures.

Cash concerns as NHS Fife face projected £23 million overspend

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

A visually impaired man using reading software on a computer during an assessment as part of a recruitment procedure (Photo by HATIM KAGHAT/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Job hopes ‘rigged’ against disabled Fifers as almost half not in employment

Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Over 1000 COVID deaths in Fife, new figures reveal as UK inquiry underway

A pig looks out from a cage to be loaded onto a cargo plane (Photo by FRED TANNEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Animal Welfare Bill;' make it law as quickly as possible says Fife councillor

A newborn baby in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on May 22, 2020 in Frimley, United Kingdom. (Stock Image. Credit: Steve Parsons - Pool/Getty Images)

Bereaved families call for inquiry into NHS maternity services

Aly woman looks at her gas bill as both she and her husband sit in front of their gas fire keeping warm in the cold (Pic: TSPL)

Fifers pay hundreds of £s more for energy due to high standing charges

Green Party members bring their annual conference to Fife this weekend (Pic: Submitted)

Scottish Greens bring party’s annual conference to Fife venue

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

A general view of scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School on September 04, 2023 in Bathgate, Scotland, after its buildings were found to contain RAAC. Credit: Getty Images

43 more schools found to have crumbly RAAC concrete

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan

Openreach engineers at work (Pic: Paul Reid)

Fife village has best Openreach ultrafast broadband coverage in Scotland

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer pledges to tackle NHS wait times with £1.5bn plan

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Combustion engine cars would be banned by 2030 but it has been pushed back to 2035. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Government U-turns are going to cost us
There’s been a lot of headlines about rowing back on net zero plans but does this mean my bills will go up or down?

Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images

15-minute cities: politicians and conspiracy theories are a dangerous mix

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Rishi Sunak's government will preside over the highest tax rises on record, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Credit: Getty Images)

Sunak's government will oversee highest tax rises on record

The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

Pic: John Devlin

More elderly Fifers got Government help to heat homes last winter

Just 638 heat pumps were installed in the region from 2009 to September (Pic: Pixabay)

Fife homes lag behind in heat pump installations, new figures show

Millions of people are receiving payments to help with high bills amid the cost of living crisis - what further support is coming in 2023?

Cost of living payment: What other support is coming in 2023?

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Insulators on an electricity sub station are seen near homes in Manchester.

Homes to save £100s on energy as new scheme begins - are you eligible?
The scheme will save some households between £300 and £400 on energy bills a year - check if you’re eligible and how to apply.

Doreen Thompson adjusts her thermostat at her home as she limits her use of heating to keep up with her increasing energy bills, at her home in south London.

Ofgem chief’s warning energy bills could be ‘even higher’ this winter

Fife based Electricity Asset Services Limited has secured funding from the Bank of Scotland for its expansion (Pic: Submitted)

£500,000 bank support for Fife based electricity company expansion

An open cash register containing pound coins and notes is pictured in a convenience store in London

DWP confirms £300 cost of living payment in update on £94bn support

There are more low emission cars on Fife roads (Pic: Stux/Pixabay)

More Fifers opt for low-emission vehicles, but up front costs putting many off

Survey reveals the booziest UK cities - is your area on the list?

Could Kirkcaldy benefit from a 20-minute neighbourhood? (Pic: Fife Free Press)

20-minute neighbourhoods: Fife adds its voice to guidance for new concept

Colm Gildernew MLA has called on Allied Irish Bank to improve services and saving rates for customers following the extortionate profits it has made so far this year. Credit: marcin jucha - stock.adobe.com

Parents urged to claim benefit worth thousands as criteria extended

MPs are warning the Government to do more to tackle the increase in smart devices being used in domestic abuse cases

MPs warn of baby monitors and smart speakers enabling domestic abuse

How much wine, beer & spirits will cost after government tax increase

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

We have to adapt to changes and become more resilient to weather. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Pledge to protect lives and wellbeing in UK

A host of Vevor DIY and electrical appliances have been recalled after putting users at risk of electric shock

Warning as 34 branded DIY items recalled due to risk of fire

UK Weather: Flood alerts issued for parts of the UK

The Doubledykes crossing faces the axe as part of work on the new Levenmouth rail link

Call to use Levelling Up funding to save historic Fife rail crossing

The 1975's set in Malaysia was cancelled after Matty Healy and Ross McDonald kissed on stage - Credit: Getty

The 1975 set stopped after Matty Healy kisses bandmate in Malaysia

Asian hornets have been spotted in the Dover area in Kent

Public warned as Asian hornets spotted in Dover

Councils have called for a total ban on disposable vapes by 2024

Local councils call for total ban on disposable vapes by 2024

Tens of thousands of children are being taken on holiday during term time as parents look to save money

More parents opt to take children out of school for holidays

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

The UK is not on track to reach legally binding targets to reduce carbon pollution. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Where does the UK sit in the world rankings?

Empire Cinema group enters administration - full list of closures

Sir Keir Starmer heckled on stage by green protesters who demand ‘no more U-turns’ from Labour leader

Watch: Sir Keir Starmer heckled on stage by green protesters

A Just Stop Oil protester runs onto Court 18 and releases confetti

Just Stop Oil disrupt Wimbledon with ‘orange confetti & jigsaw pieces’

Health conditions that could see you collect an extra £400 a month

Teachers promised £2,400 bonus by Labour to cap ‘mass resignations’

Labour plan to offer teachers £2,400 bonus to cap mass resignations

France travel warning: Foreign Office issues alert to Brits as riots over police shooting see 1,300 arrests

France travel warning to Brits as riots over police shooting continue

Millions of Britons are invited to work in Australia for up to three years with changes made to its working holiday visa.

Millions of Britons invited to work in Australia under new changes

Linda Ballingall helped to launch the centre (Pic: Submitted)

Glenrothes Heritage Centre re-opens after three-year closure