More people will be working on Christmas Day compared to previous years, often without any extra pay, new research has suggested. The TUC estimated that 1,104,000 employees will work on
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Vulnerable children in care are being treated like “pass the parcel” and housed far away from the areas they consider home, a report has warned. Some 30,000 children in care
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Thousands of Good Samaritans across the UK and Ireland are supporting the homeless over Christmas. Homeless people can enjoy the festive period in a B&B in Bradford, tuck into a
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Reruns of Christmas classics such as The Snowman and It’s A Wonderful Life could help the memories of people with dementia, according to the NHS. Familiar TV repeats and old
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Sofa surfing is having “horrific” effects on people’s mental and physical health, a new report has revealed. National homelessness charity Crisis published new research on Monday which found 80% of
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A third of nursery workers would like to ban plastic toys, according to a poll. Some are opting for alternatives such as wooden toys, while others are attempting to make
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The number of people over the age of 60 in the UK hospitalised with malnutrition has more than trebled in the last decade, a charity has warned. Numbers have jumped
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Local government officials have welcomed the pre-Christmas confirmation of a spending boost for councils in England – but warned the current way of funding social care was “not sustainable”. Robert
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Boris Johnson has claimed his Government is “absolutely committed” to allowing unaccompanied child refugees to be reunited with their families after Brexit. The Prime Minister was accused of using key
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Compensation payments for victims of the Windrush scandal are taking too long to be paid, campaigners have claimed as they hit out at the “slow and onerous” Home Office process.
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