Some 3.8 million households on low incomes are estimated to be in arrears with household bills, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Around 950,000 are thought to be in
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Doctors have accused ministers of being “wilfully negligent” after the Health Secretary ruled out immediately implementing the Government’s coronavirus “Plan B”. Sajid Javid (pictured) said people must get their Covid-19
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Police have been asked to urgently assess the scale of drink spiking at nightclubs and parties amid a rise in reports and claims some people have been drugged by injection.
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A new NHS training centre could make an immediate impact to tackle the staffing crisis in the Scottish health service ahead of a “really, really difficult winter”, Humza Yousaf has
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Councils are spending millions of pounds every year helping vulnerable families whose immigration status means they are not eligible to receive most public funds, MPs have been told. Local authorities
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A 16-month-old girl died from “utterly catastrophic” injures after she was “repeatedly physically assaulted over the weeks and months before her death”, a jury has been told. Star Hobson (pictured)
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Olympian Allyn Condon and his wife have secured a new inquest into the death of their eight-week-old son after a six-year battle for “the truth”. Ben Condon, born prematurely, died
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Legislation incorporating children’s rights into Scots law must be brought back before Holyrood urgently, opposition parties have insisted. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats made the plea after the UK Supreme Court
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Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed an easing of care home visiting restrictions, taking effect from today. The Health Minister (pictured) said: “Following the latest review, the restrictions on visiting
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Patients waiting at least six hours for an ambulance will be “commonplace” this winter, a paramedic has warned. The UK faces a “bleak” few months amid reports of increasing waits
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