Millions of pounds of funding into social care last year is said to have made no difference to the financial sustainability of the majority of providers surveyed for a report
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Health trust bosses in Northern Ireland have warned that mass strike action planned for the region on Thursday will have a “profound impact” on services. The chief executives of the
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More than 6,500 children are currently waiting for initial contact with a speech and language therapist in Scotland, figures obtained by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
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Parents are “in complete chaos” trying to access a new Government scheme that provides 15 hours of “free” childcare, a charity has said. A survey of more than 6,000 parents
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A Covid bereaved group has called on the Scottish and UK governments to tell the “truth” about the early days of the Covid lockdown in Scotland, ahead of the UK
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Disabled people who need help to get into or stay in work will be able to fully apply for grants online from April, ministers have announced. Access to Work grants
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The Government insisted it remains “determined” to fulfil its promise to end rough sleeping by the end of this parliament, as it announced details of millions of pounds in funding
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A teenage inmate found dead in her cell “seemed like a lost soul” during her first time in an adult prison, her mother told an inquest. Annelise Sanderson, 18, was
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Two people who murdered a teenage girl more than 27 years ago have been jailed for life. Robert O’Brien, 45, Andrew Kelly, 44, and Donna Marie Brand, 44, were last
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Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years in Rochdale because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The damning 173-page
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