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The country's top man on dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, discusses strategy and talks to sufferers, plus we talk shareholder power after the chief executive of Aviva resigns.

Experts have warned that dementia is the greatest health and social crisis of the century. The financial cost of dementia to the UK this year alone is estimated to be over 拢23 billion according to the Alzheimer's Society. David Cameron has promised the research budget into the condition will be doubled to 拢66million by 2015. The country's top man on dementia - the so called 'dementia tsar - Professor Alistair Burns discusses strategy and talks to sufferers.

A leading drug company, a big media group, and now this morning, one of our major insurers: the Chief Executive of three important British companies have stepped down in the last week after shareholders decided they weren't worth what they were being paid. The boss of Britain's biggest insurer, Aviva, has stepped down this morning. Is he the latest victim of growing shareholder power?

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Tue 8 May 2012 10:00

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  • Tue 8 May 2012 10:00