A pioneering national children’s charity is to close after 81 years of campaigning, as it warned many other similar organisations were facing the same “mathematical impossibilities” of rising costs. Announcing
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A student who is campaigning to make the familiar blue badge more inclusive to those with non-visible disabilities has won a breakthrough in his hometown. Sam Vestey (pictured), 21, believes
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A 12-year-old boy who began campaigning for Zach’s Law after online trolls targeted his epilepsy is “over the moon” that the measure has made it to the statute book, his
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A major report into the infected blood scandal has been delayed until next year. Thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the
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The Princess of Wales has praised the “really precious” work of a youth intervention charity during a visit in central London. Kate met with frontline staff and young people at
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A report which found mistreatment of detainees at an immigration removal centre has been branded a “damning indictment” of the UK detention system by campaign groups as they warned things
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Michael Gove has outlined plans to appoint commissioners to take over Birmingham City Council and to launch an inquiry into the cash-strapped authority. The Communities Secretary told MPs that he
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More detainees in immigration centres could face inhumane treatment unless a raft of recommendations – including a 28-day detention limit – are implemented in full, an inquiry chairwoman has warned.
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Campaigners demanding better pay for social care workers are taking their concerns to the Prime Minister’s door as they hand in a petition at Downing Street. The call from Dimensions,
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The Government is being urged to invest in social care to power economic growth and create jobs. A report by the Future Social Care Coalition (FSCC) says the “fragmented and
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