Judge awards pensioner £60K in deprivation of liberty case
A sick 91-year-old retired civil servant who was an RAF gunner during the Second World War is to get £60,000 damages after local authority social services staff moved him to
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Abuse inquiry branded ‘fiasco’ as listening sessions delayed
An inquiry into historical child sex abuse claims has stopped holding survivor meetings amid chaos over its leadership and questions over its future. All planned “listening” sessions have been shelved
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Social care system in ‘calamitous rapid decline’, Age UK
The number of elderly people receiving social care from local authorities in England has fallen by almost a third over the past decade – despite an ageing population – a
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Barnet care workers escalate strike action
Barnet Council care workers protesting against job cuts and a reducation in hours are to strike this week (22nd and 23rd January) and later at the House of Commons on
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LGA accuse ‘blinkered’ Ofsted over child abuse inspections
The true quality of activity to tackle child abuse and neglect across the country could be being obscured because of Ofsted’s blinkered approach to inspecting children’s services, local government leaders
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File concerning ‘unnatural sexual behaviour’ at Westminster found in archives
A file concerning past “unnatural sexual” behaviour at Westminster has been discovered among the National Archives. The document, previously classified, was uncovered by university lecturer Dr Chris Murphy late last
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Abuse inquiry member tells committee she ‘was bullied’
A member of the independent panel into child sexual abuse has told MPs she has been “bullied” by the barrister conducting the embattled inquiry. Home Secretary Theresa May set up
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Archbishop of Canterbury critical of widening inequality
There is a problem of widening inequality which has left London feeling like a “different country” to the rest of the UK, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. The Most
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Study finds parenting concerns of poorer are ‘misplaced’
Common perceptions that poorer mothers and fathers are likely to be less involved in their children’s lives are unfounded, according to research. A new study argues that less well-off parents
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Abuse inquiry experts to face home affairs select committee
Experts involved in the Government’s troubled child sexual abuse inquiry will appear before MPs today while councils hold a summit looking at how to protect youngsters. The inquiry set up
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