Labour has pledged to halve food bank usage within twelve months if they enter government, and will try to end the need for them altogether within three years. Shadow environment
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The use of music playlists in A&E wards was found to have a calming effect on almost all elderly dementia patients in a trial. In an eight-week project carried out
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There is “no evidence of a culture of abuse” among current staff at a scandal-hit immigration centre but a string of ongoing problems still need attention, inspectors said. The BBC
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More than half of the people held in an immigration detention centre during a six-month period were then released back into the community instead of being deported. Campaigners branded the
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Care leavers in full time education and living in their own council property will not be required to pay rent while they study as part of a new initiative. West
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A new inspection of health and social care in Perth & Kinross published today has reported integration has been ‘slow to progress’ and ‘structures and processes had not been developed
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Fewer than one in three young people would feel comfortable asking for help if they felt lonely, a new study suggests. Research by the Co-op’s charity indicated that most young
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A leading charity for supporting victims and witnesses of crime has launched a new recruitment initiative across Scotland. Victim Support Scotland is on the lookout for talented people who have
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A leading trade union is calling for Universal Credit to be scrapped after a survey found claimants becoming suicidal, going without food, forced into debt and unable to pay bills.
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Health care access for more than 180,000 British nationals living in the EU will be protected in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Government has said. Health Secretary Matt
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