MSPs are seeking views on a Bill to reform Scotland’s justice system. The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill proposes a number of changes, including the abolition of the
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Fewer than half of councils serving some of England’s poorest communities are confident they will meet their budgets this year, a survey has found. In a dire warning of the
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A senior manager at a children’s hospital where water was found to be infected said he would have preferred a more “pro-active” approach to informing families of crucial developments but
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Homelessness charities have told Rishi Sunak they are deeply concerned the Government will fail to meet its target of ending rough sleeping in England by 2024. In a letter to
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A leading campaigner on the Windrush scandal said he fears the Home Office could be working towards closing the compensation scheme meaning thousands will miss out and are retraumatised. His
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A charity has announced a “historic” £2 million investment in what is said to be the UK’s biggest ever motor neurone disease (MND) clinical drug trial. MND Scotland has also
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The number of people admitting their paedophilia to a specialist hotline has climbed three-fold, latest data has revealed, with more than 10,000 telling a charity they were worried about their
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Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament by deliberately misleading MPs with his partygate denials before being complicit in a campaign of abuse and intimidation, a cross-party investigation has found.
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The large funding gap for adult social care is a great concern, MPs have said as they told of their disappointment in the Government for not setting out “clear milestones”
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An evaluation of Britain’s preparedness for a major public health risk made prior to the pandemic was “simply wrong”, an expert has told the Covid-19 Inquiry. Professor David Alexander, who
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