Nearly £2 billion was cut from funding to help vulnerable children keep their lives on track in the last five years, according to leading charities. Drug and alcohol support along
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More than a million older people are struggling to cope with basic tasks such as getting out of bed, washing and dressing with no help, a charity has warned, as
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A Survation poll commissioned by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) reveals that 91% of the UK adult population don’t know what private fostering is. BAAF and ECPAT
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Seventeen healthcare pioneers are due to find out that their inventions are to be rolled out to patients, hospitals and GP practices across England. A smartphone heart monitor, a tool
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The Government has committed £30 million to finding adoptive parents for children in care. Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne want to speed up the process of finding
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GPs believe dementia patients are being failed by health and social care services, with many saying they do not feel they have had sufficient training to deal with people with
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Immigration detainees at the controversial Yarl’s Wood centre have required medical treatment after self-harming on average more than once a week in the last two years, official figures show. The
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The Government will refuse to provide further public funds to a children’s charity unless its high-profile head steps down, according to reports. Kids Company chief executive Camila Batmanghelidjh is under
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The Government’s planned £200 million cuts to public health budgets will harm the nation’s health, a number of leading charities and organisations have warned. In a letter to The Times,
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Charity campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh has denied her Kids Company charity is badly run amid reports the Government is pressuring her to stand aside. Ms Batmanghelidjh (pictured) told the BBC Radio
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