Knife crime, mental health problems and dangers online will be the biggest threats to children’s safety in the coming decade, a survey suggests. The concerns are among the top five
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A woman has been jailed for two years and eight months after she tricked her friend to take redundancy in an elaborate scam and left her £50,000 out of pocket.
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A council has become the first local authority to be named the most inclusive employer by an LGBT equality charity. Newcastle City Council topped a list of 100 employers drawn
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A predator who met a vulnerable woman on a dating website and turned her into an prostitute working for him has been jailed. Peter Drury (pictured) used her and others
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A fifth of new mothers were not told how to access help if their mental health were to decline after giving birth, according to a survey. And more than one
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A further 26 cases are being investigated after a coroner found the death of a seven-day old baby was “wholly avoidable”. Health Minister Nadine Dorries said an investigation into the
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In the UK, the debate around so-called Asian grooming gangs and the sexual threat they pose to vulnerable white girls shows no sign of abating. A leaked report produced by
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Putting up barriers on hiring staff from overseas in an overhaul of the immigration system would cause “huge difficulties” in social care, a union has warned. Unison assistant general secretary
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Listen and learn were the watchwords for a new review which aims to transform how Scotland deals with the consequences of family breakdown, writes Ewan Aitken. On 5 February, the
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Three quarters of social care professionals believe class is an issue when it comes to securing a new job, with one in four saying they’ve been discriminated against because of
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