Rachel Reeves promised to “chase down” firms who have ripped off the taxpayer with dodgy Covid contracts. The Chancellor used her speech at the Labour Party conference to announce she
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“Alarm bells” were raised by authorities over a mother and her four young sons before the children died in a fire while home alone, a court has heard. Deveca Rose,
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Nurses have rejected the Government’s pay award of a 5.5% rise, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England rejected the deal by two-thirds
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Problems with social care are “clogging up” hospitals, adding to an “existential” crisis for the NHS, Wes Streeting has said. But the Health Secretary indicated fundamental reform of the social
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The first wave of police forces will start embedding domestic abuse specialists in their 999 control rooms early next year to stop emergency services missing opportunities to save women’s lives.
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Barristers representing the alleged victims of Mohamed Al Fayed have said the case “combines some of the most horrific elements of the cases involving Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey
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An inquiry chair has called for a “reset” on an “inadequate” government response to her recommendations on preventing a repeat of the Brook House immigration centre scandal. Kate Eves (pictured),
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Councils in some of the poorest urban areas of the country have warned Angela Rayner that the vast majority do not expect to meet their budget targets in the next
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Sir John Major has criticised the previous government’s Rwanda scheme, stating it is an unsuitable policy for the 21st century and branding it “un-Conservative and un-British”. The former prime minister
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Overseas aid spending could fall to its lowest level since 2007 unless the Government takes action at the Budget in October, a coalition of charities has warned. Leaders of 122
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