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Half of people on Universal Credit struggling to feed themselves even before removal of £20 uplift

By Jemma Crew, Reporter4th October 2021News England

Half of people claiming Universal Credit (UC) were living in food insecurity even before being hit by the removal of the £20-a-week uplift, research shows. Half of claimants were experiencing

Charity calls for urgent action on deprivation to help tens of thousands of children in Scotland

By The Press Association4th October 2021News Scotland

Tens of thousands of children will have their lives “blighted by hardship and anxiety” without urgent action to tackle deprivation, a report has warned. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) Poverty

Government pledge to tackle ‘unacceptable’ health inequalities as it launches new improvement body

By Will Stone, Reporter1st October 2021News England

A new public health body with a focus on prevention to help reduce the pressure on overstretched NHS services has been launched. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)

Over one million more health and social care staff needed over the next decade, new report suggests

By William Janes, Reporter1st October 2021News England

More than one million extra health and care staff will be needed in the next decade to meet growing demand for care, according to a new report. Another 488,000 health

Policeman Wayne Couzens will die in jail over kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard

By Emily Pennink, Henry Vaughan and Laura Parnaby, Reporters30th September 2021News England

An officer who strangled Sarah Everard with his police belt after kidnapping her under the guise of a fake arrest for breaking lockdown rules will die in jail. Wayne Couzens,

Young cancer patient put in ‘cell-like’ isolation after mother raised cleanliness concerns, inquiry told

By Daniel Harkins, Reporter30th September 2021News Scotland

A young boy with cancer was kept in cell-like isolation in a “filthy” Glasgow hospital after his mother started asking questions about cleanliness and infections in the water, an inquiry

NHS Highland expects to pay over £3.4 million to staff subjected to ‘long-standing bullying culture’

By Laura Paterson, Reporter29th September 2021News Scotland

NHS Highland expects to pay more than £3.4 million to staff affected by bullying, a report has revealed. The health board was heavily criticised after an investigation in 2019 found

CQC takes urgent action at Birmingham care home for people with learning disabilities

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter29th September 2021News England

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has taken action against a Birmingham service for people living with a learning disability and autistic people – following an inspection which led to it

Care home provider ordered to pay £460K after failing to provide safe care and treatment

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter29th September 2021News England

A Cheltenham care provider has been ordered to pay £460,000 after it failed to protect residents from avoidable harm. Lifeways Community Care Limited, which operated Alstone House in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,

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Half of people on Universal Credit struggling to feed themselves even before removal of £20 uplift

Charity calls for urgent action on deprivation to help tens of thousands of children in Scotland

Government pledge to tackle ‘unacceptable’ health inequalities as it launches new improvement body

Policeman Wayne Couzens will die in jail over kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard

Young cancer patient put in ‘cell-like’ isolation after mother raised cleanliness concerns, inquiry told

NHS Highland expects to pay over £3.4 million to staff subjected to ‘long-standing bullying culture’

CQC takes urgent action at Birmingham care home for people with learning disabilities

Care home provider ordered to pay £460K after failing to provide safe care and treatment

‘Prolific’ people smuggling gang behind 10,000 migrant Channel crossings convicted

Warnings on GP surgery redundancies and care home closures amid Budget tax hike

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Social housing ‘remains scandalously poor’ in some places, Michael Gove admits

Half of people on Universal Credit struggling to feed themselves even before removal of £20 uplift

Charity calls for urgent action on deprivation to help tens of thousands of children in Scotland

Government pledge to tackle ‘unacceptable’ health inequalities as it launches new improvement body

Over one million more health and social care staff needed over the next decade, new report suggests

Policeman Wayne Couzens will die in jail over kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard

Young cancer patient put in ‘cell-like’ isolation after mother raised cleanliness concerns, inquiry told

NHS Highland expects to pay over £3.4 million to staff subjected to ‘long-standing bullying culture’

CQC takes urgent action at Birmingham care home for people with learning disabilities

Care home provider ordered to pay £460K after failing to provide safe care and treatment