The country’s social care system is broken and “cannot be tweaked”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has told Parliament as he stressed the need for a fundamental rethink. While funding mattered,
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Nursery workers facing pay cuts of up to £6,000 have protested outside council offices, warning that some fear losing their homes. Parents joined nursery staff and union members in the
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Kidney patients are not receiving funds they are entitled to which help with the cost of performing treatments at home, a charity has said. Patients whose kidneys are not working
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Investigations into poor maternity care will be transferred to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Government has announced. In a written statement, health minister Maria Caulfield said the current maternity
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Life for children in youth custody is filled with “palpable tension and paranoia” brought on by the threat of violence, frequently cancelled family visits and few chances to build positive
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Bereaved families have raised concerns over the amount of time proposed by the UK Covid-19 inquiry to examine the response of the governments of Wales and Northern Ireland to the
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Many of those who died in the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland were ultimately victims of the dire state of the region’s health service prior to the pandemic, the chair
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A charity has called for a new benefit to be paid to older adult unpaid carers receiving the State Pension after 82% of them said in a new report that
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Proposed reforms aimed at getting more people into work have left disabled people feeling anxious and could expose them to bad practice, MPs have heard. Changes outlined by the Government
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Ministers have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their “essential living needs and nothing more” despite legal threats from local Conservatives. Robert Jenrick, the
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