Vulnerable people are struggling to challenge care plans put in place by authorities because most councils no longer offer free legal advice, lawyers have warned. Research by the Law Society
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Moving children into out-of-area placements away from their local authorities has left more children at risk of exploitation, a Labour MP has said. Labour’s Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and
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The first stalking prevention order is thought to have been handed down by the courts within hours of new rules coming into force. The order was issued at Brighton Magistrates’
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A father of five who began a new life as a woman after leaving an ultra-orthodox Jewish community has abandoned a family court fight over her children. The woman has
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The Only Way Is Essex star Lydia Bright has urged people in the UK to consider becoming foster parents. The reality star’s own parents fostered children when she was growing
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The number of prisoners developing a drug problem behind bars has more than doubled in the last five years, research suggests. Almost 15% of prisoners report being drawn to illegal
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The parents of a poorly five-year-old boy are “rejoicing” after tests showed a cutting-edge cancer treatment has left him leukaemia free. Oscar Saxelby-Lee and his family flew halfway round the
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The former head of a charity for the disabled pleaded guilty to defrauding the body’s pension scheme to protect his wife from prosecution and serving a longer prison term than
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A woman has been jailed for 10 years for supplying her son with prescription drugs that led to his death. Holly Strawbridge, 34, gave powerful painkillers to Tyler Peck, 15,
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Tens of thousands of vulnerable people have been left in limbo for over a year while carers applied to strip them of their freedom. The mental health charity Mind says
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