Cancer Research UK has been criticised for a campaign which draws a parallel between smoking and obesity. A year after being accused of fat shaming for a series of adverts
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Councils are “completely in the dark” about how much funding they will receive next year, town hall leaders have warned, as a survey suggested a third fear their funding to
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The Government has made a “firm commitment” to new NHS plans to improve cancer survival and increase mental health support, despite fears of spending pressures in coming years. The Health
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Grants should be available to help the “most vulnerable” cope with delays in Universal Credit payments without having to resort to foodbanks, MPs have heard. Change UK acting leader Heidi
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A teenager with a history of self-harming was found unconscious at her secure home before being declared dead, an inquest has heard. A jury at Crook Civic Centre heard how
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Singer Sir Cliff Richard and DJ Paul Gambaccini have made calls to “redress the balance” in the legal system as they launched a petition so that those accused of sexual
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MPs and peers are calling on the Government to address a £662 million funding gap in early years education. A formal inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and
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The UK’s first Secure School will open late next year, operated by a global education charity. Oasis Charitable Trust, which runs 52 academies across England, will manage the first institution
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Women are being let down by lacklustre laws which are failing to protect them from image-based sexual abuse such as revenge porn and fake porn offences, a report into the
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Social media guidelines have been published by the Church of England for the first time in a bid to tackle online abuse and misleading content. The Archbishop of Canterbury will
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