Society needs to “wake up” to child sexual exploitation, Dame Esther Rantzen has said, after figures showed the Childline service carried out 12 counselling sessions on the subject every day
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More than 22,000 vulnerable young people will be at risk of being homeless in the weeks leading up to Christmas, a charity claims. Centrepoint said thousands of people aged 16
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With the possibility of a long-term funding settlement for social care, there is an urgent need for a bold reform agenda. For two decades, politicians have promised a long-term funding
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A leading charity has described as “shocking” figures showing that councils spent more than £1 billion on temporary accommodation for homeless households in England in the past year. Shelter said
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The NHS is experiencing its worst ever performance in A&E, and thousands of people face rising waits for operations and cancer treatment, according to the last set of monthly health
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UNISON, Scotland’s largest union, has today warned of a social work crisis as cuts have left the service struggling to cope. In a new report, ‘Save from harm‘ looks at
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A High Court judge might have to decide whether doctors can force-feed an autistic prisoner being held on remand who is accused of killing a relative. Mrs Justice Lieven has
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Tony Slattery will seek answers to his mental health problems in a new BBC documentary to air following his return to the spotlight. The comic, 60, appeared on shows such
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Illiterate people may be nearly three times more likely to develop dementia than those who can read and write, new research suggests. A study looked at 983 people with an
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The number of children in England abused due to belief in witchcraft has risen by more than 30% in the last three years, according to new data. Abuse of children
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