Around 8.5 million adults and 1.5 million children in England are likely to need mental health support in the wake of Covid-19, according to a new report. The analysis from
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Local councils will need a further £10.1 billion annually in order to improve services and address financial challenges stemming from the pandemic, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. In
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Black people are at almost twice the risk of dying from Covid-19 than white people, a new study commissioned by London Mayor Sadiq Khan has found. Mr Khan (pictured) is
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Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough have become the latest areas subjected to local coronavirus lockdowns but ministers said there was a “small hope” that progress was being made in slowing
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Care homes are regularly waiting more than a week for coronavirus test results, providers say, despite a Government commitment that staff will be tested weekly. The Government pledged in July
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Up to 200 people are thought to have joined an illegal party in a university’s halls of residence, flouting Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings and social distancing. West Midlands Police said
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Carers need to be paid more to avoid pressure being piled on the social care sector after freedom of movement ends, Government advisers have warned. The job needs to be
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A key worker who was forced to take a 100-mile round trip including boarding a ferry to the Isle of Wight for a coronavirus test has described the system as
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An adopted teenager duped his autistic brother into accessing material about so-called Islamic State on the dark web and then turned him in to police, causing the family home to
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A quarter of adopted children are diagnosed with or suspected of having a preventable form of brain damage caused by their birth mothers drinking alcohol during pregnancy, a report has
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