A nursery in Billericay, Essex, has been closed and a woman arrested after concerns over the treatment the children in its care. Essex Police is carrying out an investigation at
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Twenty-six bishops have written a letter condemning the Government’s “punitive” welfare reforms which they say have forced people into food and fuel poverty. In an open letter to the Daily
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Slough Borough Safeguarding Children Board are to challenge the ‘inadequate’ ofsted rating given to the local council’s children’s services. In the report published this week, Slough Borough Council’s children’s service
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David Cameron has defended the Government’s welfare reforms in the face of criticism from the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, insisting they were part of
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The unemployment rate in the UK for the period between October 2013 and December 2013, or the last quarter of 2013, stood at 7.2 percent, down 0.4 percentage points from
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Up to 1,000 probation officers are expected to appeal against jobs assigned to them under a shake-up of the rehabilitation service in England and Wales. A total of 119 of
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Controversial plans to share medical records will be delayed until later this year “to allow more time to build understanding of the benefits of using the information”, health officials have
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A carer working at a Blackpool care home has been arrested on suspicion of ill treatment and wilful neglect of a resident. Two others who work at the Red Oak
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Almost 100 people attended the launch of Healthwatch Haringey, an independent consumer body created to gather and represent the views of the public on health and social care services. It
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Nottinghamshire County Council has reversed plans to cut its Asperger’s team after an outcry from the public. The U-turn means the authority will continue to provide the service, which helps
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