Police force must take ‘immediate action’ after child held for eight hours
A police force has been told to take “immediate action” on how it deals with children in custody after one was held for eight hours without review, a report found.
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Sexual abuse of pupils at Boris Johnson’s prep school not reported to authorities
Boris Johnson’s former preparatory school had a “Spartan and unforgiving” culture, where sexual abuse of pupils during the Prime Minister’s time there was not reported to authorities, the Independent Inquiry
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Ambitious project will see all 500 National Trust sites become dementia-friendly
An ambitious new project has been launched by two charities to help people with dementia connect with history and nature. The National Trust has united with Alzheimer’s Society to make
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Survey finds hundreds of children in care being forced to see abusive parents
Hundreds of children in care are being “marched back” to visit their abusive parents and a majority of foster families want to see the practice made illegal, research suggests. More
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Corbyn says Labour would scrap ‘unmitigated disaster’ of Universal Credit
Universal Credit would be scrapped under Labour plans to replace the Tories’ flagship welfare reforms with a social security system to support jobseekers with “dignity and respect”. Jeremy Corbyn called
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Judge apologises for eight-month delay in producing written ruling on FGM case
The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has apologised after taking nearly eight months to produce a written ruling on a case involving Home Office ministers and
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Boris Johnson to announce £200 million for new NHS cancer scanners
Boris Johnson is to announce a £200 million cash injection to replace MRI machines, CT scanners and breast screening equipment. The Prime Minister is pledging an overhaul to cancer screening,
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‘Significant’ work to do to safeguard medical supplies in no-deal Brexit – NAO
Ministers still have a “significant amount” of work to do to ensure the continued supply of vital medicines to the NHS in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Whitehall
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Generation of children ‘revictimised’ by authorities not believing accounts of abuse
Authorities “revictimised a whole generation of children that have been abused” by failing to believe their accounts, the detective leading a national probe into historical sexual abuse said. Believing complainants
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Cases in family courts falling but domestic abuse applications on rise
The number of cases coming to family courts is falling but domestic abuse applications are on the rise, figures show. In April to June, 64,813 new cases started in family
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