Hundreds of children face becoming homeless during the school summer holidays because of the housing crisis, council leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) estimates that 320 children in
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Council social services bosses have been criticised by a family court judge over the way they have handled the case of a baby girl whose parents are trying to turn
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid has been urged by a group of cross-party MPs and peers to sanction drug consumption rooms. Tory Crispin Blunt, Labour’s Jeff Smith and crossbench peer Baroness
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An immigration centre where there was alleged “awful abuse by staff against detainees” has made £14.3 million in profit for the company that runs it. Labour MP Yvette Cooper, chairwoman
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A care worker jailed for life for the “brutal and ferocious” murder of 13-year-old Lucy McHugh had previously been detained for holding a group of youngsters and staff hostage at
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A bursary scheme should be introduced to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds take part in extra-curricular activities, the Social Mobility Commission has recommended. Young people aged between 10 and 15
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Universal Credit claimants are being “blocked” from challenging decisions they disagree with, a campaign group has claimed. The system is throwing up so many obstacles for those seeking reviews of
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Music may offer an alternative to drugs for calming down patients, researchers say. The drug midazolam is sometimes prescribed as a sedative for NHS patients undergoing a range of procedures.
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A shake-up of parental leave entitlements could see fathers spend more time with their babies. A consultation on changes to the system has been launched by Theresa May in one
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A probe is under way into how claims of abuse against 13-year-old Lucy McHugh were handled by social services in the months before she was murdered. The trial of Stephen
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