A sharp jump in violent and sexual offences has fuelled a 17% increase in crimes recorded on Britain’s railways, official figures show. Some 61,159 crimes were reported by British Transport
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The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has raised concern about the knock-on effects of a shortage of approved secure accommodation units for children in council care.
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A Slovakian gang who made a family business from trafficking workers to the UK and forcing them to work for as little as £5 a day have been jailed. Members
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An incurably-ill man has ended his life in a clinic in Switzerland, according to two campaign groups who supported his UK legal challenge. The 54 year-old man, who can only
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A debt help charity is seeing growing numbers of people falling behind with fuel bills and a resurgence in the proportion of clients with high-cost credit such as payday loans.
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Charities must change to meet public expectations of behaviour if they are to survive and help “those who feel they’ve been let down”, the head of the sector’s regulator is
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Families of children with special educational needs are fighting a High Court battle against local authority cuts of more £21 million. Five children, whose mothers are bringing the case on
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A new campaign is calling for people to “ask twice” how others are feeling, to improve conversations around mental health. More than three-quarters of people (78%) would say they are
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A charity has scored a partial victory in the Court of Appeal against the Home Office over its handling of unaccompanied child refugees. Following a challenge by Help Refugees, senior
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Theresa May told how her goddaughter died from cancer as she outlined plans to spare thousands of others the “pain of losing a loved one before their time”. The Prime
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