The Justice Secretary has said the Parole Board needs a “fundamental overhaul” after it rejected his bid to keep the mother of Baby P behind bars. Tracey Connelly, whose son
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The Government is being urged to reinstate a fund which helped care providers pay wages to staff while they were self isolating. Unison and the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) have
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Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios
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The Government has said it will not be appealing against a High Court ruling which stated its care home discharge policies were unlawful. Last week, the High Court ruled policies
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A 12-year-old boy who has not regained consciousness after suffering brain damage in an incident at home nearly a month ago is at the centre of a High Court treatment
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Calls are growing for buffer zones to be introduced around Scotland’s abortion clinics after it emerged a landmark ruling in the US looks set to be overturned. A report by
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A 54-year-old married man has been jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of having sex with a 15-year-old girl – but the court heard his wife is standing
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The true scale of alleged child abuse in local authority foster care may never be revealed due to historic issues with record keeping, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard. Opening
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A social worker was “shocked” when a woman accused of murdering a baby boy she had hoped to adopt admitted she had used physical force on him. Laura Castle, 38,
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Would-be sponsors under the Homes For Ukraine visa scheme are threatening the Government with legal action on behalf of hundreds of refugees who have spent weeks waiting to come to
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