A former Metropolitan Police officer who launched a “campaign of rape” against his victims has had his sentence increased at the Court of Appeal. Cliff Mitchell (pictured) carried out more
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The Government must urgently reform a failing system of support for children with special educational needs as spiralling costs have not led to better outcomes for pupils, councils have warned.
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Staff in social work teams are to stage a four-day strike in a dispute over salary grades and working arrangements. Around 200 social care support officers and hearing impairment officers
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Children are being failed in “dual crises of poverty and mental health”, according to charities which have ramped up calls for the Government to scrap the two-child benefit limit. The
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Concerns have been raised about the dwindling proportion of NHS staff who would be willing to raise safety concerns. The National Guardian’s Office said there has been a decline in
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A care leaver who sat her first GCSE at the age of 35 has graduated as a doctor. Becs Bradford left school at 15 with no qualifications, but never lost
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Sir Keir Starmer vowed to tackle child poverty “with the same vigour” as the last Labour government when challenged over his refusal to immediately axe the two-child benefit cap. His
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The Government will end the use of the Bibby Stockholm barge for housing migrants off England’s south coast as part of an overhaul of the asylum system, the Home Office
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A new charity initiative is being launched to donate more than 400,000 surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in need across London over the next year. The capital’s first so-called
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The seven Labour MPs who defied the Government by backing an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap have lost the whip. Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain,
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