The most vulnerable people in society could be excluded from getting access to justice if plans to modernise courts go ahead, MPs have warned. A report by the Commons Justice
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Mental health legislation must be overhauled to stop the “horrific” and inappropriate detention of young people with autism or learning disabilities, MPs said. The human rights of many young people
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The number of infections that do not respond to antibiotics has risen 9% in one year, Public Health England (PHE) has warned. There were an estimated 61,000 antibiotic-resistant infections in
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Politicians have been urged to invest more money in childcare as figures indicate hundreds of nurseries and childminders are closing. Early years leaders said there will be a “genuine childcare
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Calls to prison hotlines set up for relatives to report urgent fears about suicidal inmates and those at risk of self-harm are going unanswered, according to a report. Just one
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The prison system is in an “appalling state of crisis” and the Government has no clear plan for “desperately needed change”, MPs have warned. Safety, security and decency are all
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The Home Office vetted candidates for an independent drugs advisory panel for their views on Brexit and the Windrush scandal, it has been claimed. Professor Alex Stevens quit the Government’s
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Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have welcomed a damning report that said London Fire Brigade (LFB) breached national guidelines through “gravely inadequate” preparation. Sir Martin Moore-Bick said the absence
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A disgraced residential care home consultant has been jailed for four months for failing to give evidence at the inquest of a mentally-ill teenager in a landmark case. Duncan Lawrence,
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A judge has concluded that three girls were not systematically abused by members of a paedophile ring after an “unprecedentedly complex” High Court investigation. Sir Mark Hedley (pictured) had analysed
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