Children experiencing homelessness are too often “invisible” and “overlooked”, an expert has said, as analysis showed stark differences in the picture across England when it comes to families in temporary
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Parents of children with special needs were called just days before the start of the new term to be told their school had to shut as it is fitted with
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A police force has sacked two police officers for assault and another for using excessive force and speaking to a female detainee in a “threatening manner”. A Sussex Police disciplinary
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The Government is putting measures in place to make studying to work in midwifery, nursing or dentistry more affordable, although those in education warned “more work needs to be done”.
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An estimated 121,000 patients died while waiting for NHS treatment in England last year, Labour has claimed. Figures obtained through freedom of information requests suggest record numbers of people are
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The inquiry into serial killer Lucy Letby’s crimes will become statutory, the Health Secretary Steve Barclay has announced. The move to a statutory footing grants the inquiry legal powers to
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Three ads for acupuncture and craniosacral therapists have been banned for making misleading claims about their ability to treat long Covid. A paid-for Facebook ad and an Instagram post for
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The flu and Covid-19 vaccine programme is to start earlier than planned this year, officials have said. It comes after a new variant of the virus which causes Covid-19 was
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The decision to stop police from attending most mental health calls will free officers up to “meet more expectations than we are currently meeting”, the Met Police Commissioner has said.
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A local authority says it has been “forced” into a position of failing to meet its duties to look after children in its care amid a “wholly inadequate” national system
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