Early years development continues to fail across England
Half of children have not attained their expected level of development when they move on from reception to their first year of school, new figures suggest. Only 52% of five-year-olds
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Judge blames Somerset council social work for ‘systemic failure’
Somerset County Council has come under fire from a judge over the way staff dealt with a severely disabled 19-year-old woman who was not allowed to return home after bruising
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Miliband pledges 36,000 jobs as part of major healthcare investment
Ed Miliband put the NHS at the heart of his general election pitch today, promising to boost funding by soaking mansion owners, tax dodgers and tobacco firms. The Labour leader
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YouGov poll finds 27% of British families ‘just about coping’
National charity 4Children is challenging all political parties to embrace a step change in ambition for children and families by committing to overhaul its services in every aspect of family
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Over £200m could be saved if cancer was diagnosed earlier
A Cancer Research UK analysis out today reveals that 46 per cent of cancers in England are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when they are harder to treat successfully. The
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Rotherham children’s services boss bows to pressure
Rotherham’s director of children’s services has resigned in the wake of the report which detailed how at least 1,400 children had been subjected to sexual abuse in the town. Joyce
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Woman held in Hampshire care home murder probe
Police have arrested a 36-year-old woman as they launch a murder inquiry into the death of a 96-year-old woman at a care home. Ethel Baldwin died at the Abbey House
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Cooper backs compulsory relationship lessons to prevent another Rotherham
Children should receive compulsory relationship lessons in order to prevent violence against women, Yvette Cooper has said, in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal. The shadow home secretary suggested
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Vaz calls on Rotherham children’s services director to go
There have been fresh calls for Rotherham’s director of children’s services to step down after it emerged she is absent on sick leave. Joyce Thacker has been at the centre
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‘Huge variation’ in talking therapy waiting times
Too many people diagnosed with anxiety or depression face “unacceptably long waits” for therapy, a charity has warned. Mind has called for more investment in mental health after new figures
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