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the latest figures mean that since january 2000, scottish widows has paid a total of £2.5bn in claims to more than 86,000 customers. .
cancer patients� lives are being put at risk because savage tory cuts to the nhs are delaying the start of their treatment by 18 months. .
andrew kaye, head of policy at macmillan cancer support said it was �shocking� that a cancer patient had to wait 541 days for treatment. .