More money will be spent on support services for victims of rape and sexual assault, ministers have pledged. The Government said it would provide an extra £5 million to fund
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A debt advice charity received a record number of cries for help in the first half of 2019 – in signs that more households are “struggling to hang on”. Some
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Concerns a notorious paedophile priest was a police informer must be examined by a public inquiry, a lawyer for victims has said. KRW Law is making a formal submission to
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A Government minister has refused to confirm a new Domestic Abuse Bill would ban the cross-examination of victims by alleged perpetrators – which had been proposed before Parliament was suspended.
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A three-year-old child who was murdered by his mother’s partner may have been alive today if information held by social services had been shared with the police, a senior officer
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There has been a significant increase in the number of older people seeking help for homelessness since 2012-13, new figures show. In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the last five
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More than three quarters of survivors of child sexual abuse felt stereotyped after disclosing their experiences, new figures have revealed. A poll of 116 survivors from the Victims and Survivors
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Victims of stalking, harassment, child sexual abuse and other sex crimes will be able to appeal the sentence given to their perpetrators if they think it is too lenient. More
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Patient safety is at risk due to a shortage of 40,000 nurses in England, according to a new study. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the rising rate of
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Dame Helen Mirren will read a bedtime story in London’s Trafalgar Square as part of a campaign to help fight homelessness. The actress is one of several celebrities uniting for
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