Councils are calling on the Prime Minister to honour her promise to put billions into social care as Government plans to scrap the newly introduced National Insurance levy were confirmed.
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More than one in five people in northern England are at risk of transport-related social exclusion, according to new analysis. A study by Transport for the North, which advises the
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The number of domestic abuse related charges reported to prosecutors fell slightly last year, though they were at their second highest level in six years, figures show. Crown Office and
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A judge branded comments made by a serving Metropolitan Police officer and a former constable “sickening” and “abhorrent” as they were convicted of sending grossly offensive messages in a WhatsApp
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Groups have dubbed a new £500 million winter discharge fund as insufficient and said the Government must deliver a “much bigger and bolder plan” for social care. Charities, social care
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The “dysfunctional” youth custody system is failing to provide vulnerable girls with the help they need, a group of watchdogs has warned. Girls and young women faced “significant challenges” when
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Millions of people are missing out on rehab after heart attacks and cancer, a new report suggests. Leading physiotherapists said that some groups are particularly affected and warned that without
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Liz Truss has vowed that no-one will be forced to sell their homes to pay for social care. The Prime Minister’s commitment goes further than under Boris Johnson’s social care
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A cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis patients has been accepted for use on the NHS in Scotland. Drugs for cancer patients and adult kidney transplant patients are also among those
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Physiotherapy staff across England and Wales will vote on industrial action after overwhelmingly rejecting this year’s NHS pay award. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) said almost 80% of those
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