Dame Esther Rantzen has said she is considering the option of assisted dying if her lung cancer treatment does not improve her condition. The 83-year-old Childline founder and broadcaster, who
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Deaths registered from drug poisoning in England and Wales are at the highest level since records began 30 years ago. Opiates were involved in just under half of such deaths,
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A wave of public spending cuts have been announced in Wales, with pubs, shops and restaurants hit with a tax rise. The Welsh Government said it was forced to make
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Social care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently-announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and have “grave concerns” it could drive people from
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A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is set to go ahead in the new year into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives at a young offenders
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The number of potential victims of modern slavery indicated in the care sector is expected to have risen again for 2023, a former anti-slavery commissioner has said. Dame Sara Thornton
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Councils have warned that many remain at risk of effective bankruptcy despite the Government making £64 billion in funding available next year. The local government finance settlement guarantees every council
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A prison branded unsafe by inspectors has been brought under Government control. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it had taken over the running of HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire
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Baroness Michelle Mone has insisted ministers knew about her involvement with a PPE firm “from the very beginning”, as she faced calls to step back permanently from the House of
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Proposals to bring in professional registration of all staff in children’s homes are being considered in a bid to ensure young people “are kept safe, have their needs met and
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