The government will look into reclassifying cannabis as a class B drug, following concerns about stronger strains of the drug. Gordon Brown has announced the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) will look again at penalties for possessing and using cannabis.

The verdict in a ground-breaking case challenging restrictions on the use of Alzheimer’s drugs within Britain’s state health service will be handed down on August 10, a court official has said.

Three care homes are being closed after a culture that was “demeaning to residents” was discovered, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) has said.

Scanning the list of research findings published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the last few weeks, it’s fair to conclude that this representative sample is ambitious.

The government wants to support parents in striking the right balance between protecting their children and allowing them to learn and explore safely, according to a new consultation published by Children’s Minister Ed Balls.

The results of a new survey issued today by The Stroke Association shows that people are more concerned for their wealth than the health of their brain.

Children from poor homes will get free transport to popular schools under plans to weaken the middle-class monopoly on the best classroom places.

The government will ensure that the “fathers, brothers and husbands” who have sex with trafficked girls are prosecuted, Harriet Harman vowed yesterday.

The majority of NHS trusts are not giving people with diabetes enough help in managing the condition at home, a watchdog has warned.

Justice for Families has released evidence proving that the government was warned that their policies to increase adoptions could result in chidren who could safely stay with their birth parents being instead adopted.