Some parents may have to pay for family support services, a union has said. Unite raised concerns that proposals from Cornwall Council could eventually lead to some parents needing to
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A mother left traumatised by her disabled daughter’s difficult birth has been awarded more than £75,000 in damages by a High Court judge. The woman, who cannot be identified, suffered
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A children’s home worker accused of sexually assaulting boys in his care used his connections with Manchester United to “buy a form of silence” from his victims, a court has
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The Care Quality Commission has taken enforcement action to cancel the registration of Viewpark Care Home and are now no longer legally allowed to provide care at their service in
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Five men have been arrested in connection with an investigation into a video showing the burning of an effigy of Grenfell Tower. The Metropolitan Police said the men, who are
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An electrical engineer has been jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 29 years in prison for murdering his wife and 11-year-old stepdaughter in an episode of “wanton
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Problems with Universal Credit are driving an increase in the number of emergency supplies handed out at food banks, new figures reveal. The Trussell Trust said its network provided 658,048
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Fresh concerns have been raised over a nursing shortfall post-Brexit after a new review found that Britain could be left an additional 10,000 nurses short. In England, the latest nursing
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A committee of MPs has called for an urgent reassessment of the Government’s benefit sanctions regime, warning that the current system appears to be “pointlessly cruel” to some claimants. The
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has indicated he is ready to consider calls to close all institutions for people with learning difficulties or autism. The call came from Sir Stephen Bubb,
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