More than half a million people on benefits – including those recovering from surgery – are likely to see their support cut back as a result of the Government’s welfare
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The mother of a disabled child whose energy bill almost quadrupled in a year said she feels the Government is “turning its back” on the most vulnerable families. Karen Tilley
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The Chancellor has been accused of prioritising crumbling roads over the “crumbling social care and health system”. Charities have complained that carers and the homeless were ignored in the Budget
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Record numbers of first-time callers worried about money and jobs contacted Samaritans for help last month. The charity said it had an average of 400 calls a day in February
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A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang. Eleanor Williams (pictured), of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced
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Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has been recalled to prison following a breach of his licence conditions. The 79-year-old, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, had
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Three men tried to take their own lives after false rape allegations that sparked “unprecedented outcry” in a Cumbrian town, a court has heard. Eleanor Williams, 22, accused a number
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Fiona Bruce has stepped back as an ambassador of domestic abuse charity Refuge following claims she had trivialised domestic violence during a discussion about Stanley Johnson on Question Time. The
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The BBC has defended Question Time’s Fiona Bruce against accusations that she trivialised domestic abuse during a discussion about Stanley Johnson. The presenter (pictured) has faced a social media backlash
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A youth has been jailed for 10 years for stabbing an Afghan refugee to death in a Twickenham park, hours after being sentenced for having a knife. Hazrat Wali, 18,
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