Separated parents face child support fees penalty
Separated parents will be hit by fees if they cannot reach an amicable agreement over child support under a new system that comes into force today. Mothers and fathers who
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Milburn urges social mobility help for disadvantaged children
More must be done to help children from poor backgrounds convert early promise into continued academic success, according to a new report. Disadvantaged children who start out as high attainers
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New report finds councils face £5.8bn funding gap
Local authorities in England will need to make huge savings before next April, equivalent to 12.5% of their total budgets, according to a new report. They face a funding gap
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Report explores how free end-of-life social care could work
A new report, ‘How could free social care at the end of life work in practice?’, written by OPM and commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support, the Motor Neurone Disease Association
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UNISON warns child protection u-turn not what it seems
Child protection services in the UK are still at risk of being takenover by profit making companies, despite Government claims to the contrary, warned UNISON today. Revised legislation published this
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CPS refuse to prosecute carer filmed assaulting dementia patient
A carer who assaulted an elderly woman with dementia was not prosecuted because it was “not in the public interest”, a former coalition minister has claimed. Richard Benyon MP said
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Judge says some should have right to die as campaigners lose case
Some severely disabled people should be allowed help if they want to commit suicide, according to one of the most senior judges in the UK. Lady Hale, deputy president of
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Morcambe Bay NHS trust placed under special measures
A beleaguered health trust has been put into special measures. The action has been taken against the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust after inspectors from the Care
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Government announce £2M extra funding for adoption therapy
New funding is to be made available to help adopted children settle in with their new families, the Government has announced. The money will go towards providing services such as
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Cable announces clampdown on zero-hours contracts
The Government is to clamp down on abuses of zero-hours contracts by allowing people to work for more than one employer. Business Secretary Vince Cable said “unscrupulous” employers had been
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