Ministers risk causing “social vandalism of the worst kind” if maintained nurseries close due to funding uncertainty, MPs have heard. Former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell warned the Government must
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching a national campaign in mid-February to address the estimated 110,000 vacancies in adult social care in England. Running across February
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Campaigners have welcomed a “landmark” ruling by the UK’s highest court which they say will benefit “many thousands” of people whose old and minor criminal offences have to be disclosed
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Children from broken homes are harmed by conflict between their parents not by divorce, a leading family court judge has said. Mr Justice Hayden, who is based in the Family
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The NHS and Government complaints watchdog is calling for new powers to allow it to investigate issues such as elderly and mental health care. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)
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Early risers are less likely to develop some mental health problems than “night owls”, according to a new study. Researchers have found that being genetically programmed to get up early
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Local authority leaders have warned that money for local services is “running out fast” after the Government confirmed that it would allow council tax rises of up to 3% in
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The Department of Health has stepped in to overrule plans to halt blood donation in Channel ports for eight weeks around the scheduled date of Brexit. NHS Blood and Transport
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Criminal gangs are exploiting thousands of children as young as 11 to run lucrative “county lines” drug networks that rake in hundreds of millions of pounds a year, law enforcement
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British pensioners living the European Union could lose their access to healthcare if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal, according to Government guidance. Information published by
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