Kinship carers should be made exempt from the Government’s benefit cap and other welfare restrictions to help prevent children being placed into the care of the state, Alan Johnson has
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An award-winning charity, which rescues women from forced marriage and hundreds of young people from radicalisation, faces closure in a matter of months if it does not receive further funding.
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England must decide how much it spends on NHS and social care services to prevent “a state of crisis”, a former health minister has insisted. Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb warned
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Britain should welcome thousands of lone children from Europe on top of the Syrian refugee resettlement programme, a committee of MPs has said. The International Development Committee called on the
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A life of loneliness threatens aspects of someone’s health as much as physical inactivity in adolescence or diabetes in old age, new research claims. Lacking a network of friends or
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Labour MP Simon Danczuk is facing a police probe after being accused of a historical rape. A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “We can confirm that we have received a
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A national public investigation is “now needed” into the unexpected deaths of mental health and learning disability patients, Labour has argued. Shadow minister for mental health Luciana Berger told MPs
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A married couple who ran a nursing agency with “lucrative” public sector contracts flouted immigration laws by recruiting dozens of illegal workers, a court has heard. Mahendrasing Caussyram, 51, and
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Social care is “in crisis now”, yet the Government proposes “risky, uncertain and late funding”, Labour has claimed. Shadow minister for older people, social care and carers Barbara Keeley told
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A consortium of leading researchers, care providers and robotics experts have received a major award of over £2m from Innovate UK to develop a modular robotic solution for the home
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