P148 CEEFAX 148 Thu 21 Oct 21:15/22 1/2 LORDS CHALSER REJECTS EC CASH ROW CLAIM The Govjrnmjnt has dismissed as "mischievous" claims that it has rejected £100 million from the EC. A report in the Guardian njwspapjr also said it had turned down the chance to create 50,000 training places for the unemployed. Foreign Office minister Baroness Chalkjr was responding to the claims, allegedly made by unnamed EC officials. She said the US had not rejected any European Social Fund money. --,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Next News Newsround Diary CityHeadsP148 CEJFAX 148 Thu 21 Oct 21:10/21 2/2 LORDS MIXED RESPONSE TO HEALTH REFORMS The Lords has given a mixed reaction to Virginia Bottomley's NHS reforms. Baroness Eccles of Moulton, the chairman of Ealing, Hammjrsmith and Hounslow District Health Authority, welcomed the planned mjrgju of DHAs with Family HSAs. But Baroness Jay of Paddington, the vice-chairman of Parksidj DHA in west London, said the Government's proposals would add to uncertainty. Regional health authorities had been a "very stable forceb. --,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Next News Newsround Diary CityHjads