The escalating cost of caring for the elderly means councils will have to divert £1.1 billion from services like fixing potholes and running libraries and museums from April, new analysis
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Police and prosecutors have today been given the clearest instructions yet on assessing the vital issue of consent in rape cases. A new toolkit called ‘What is consent?’ produced by
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Vulnerable elderly people in England could be offered safety checks to identify health risks in their homes, under a Labour plan to cut the cost of unnecessary admissions to hospitals.
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MPs and foster carers have called for an investigation into claims a social services department wrongly removed vulnerable children. The calls come after Norfolk County Council’s children’s services department –
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Victims’ commissioner Baroness Newlove, whose husband Garry was killed by a gang vandalising his car, has hit out at police, prosecutors and courts for failing to show compassion when dealing
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The BBC is to highlight the plight of low-paid care workers and their journey to find employment through a care agency, HCA Professionals. They Inside Out London programme, presented by
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The families of two frail and elderly pensioners who died after being urgently moved from “appalling” care homes have criticised the Government’s watchdog for the rushed closures. Alfred Dodd, 85,
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Social worker Mrs Tsitsi Nhevera has been suspended from The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Register for a period of 12 months after receiving a caution from West Midlands
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Almost £3 billion in unpaid child support may never be recovered, according to official accounts. The money is owed by absent parents who have been referred to the Child Support
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The abusive pasts of more than 1,300 violent partners have been revealed under a scheme rolled out nationally less than a year ago, figures obtained by the Press Association have
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