Emotional David Lammy calls for Windrush generation promises to become law
Promises made to people caught up in the Windrush scandal must be guaranteed in law as a matter of urgency, David Lammy has said in an impassioned speech to MPs.
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High vacancy rates in specialist cancer nurse roles ‘putting patients at risk’
Specialist cancer nurses are being “run ragged”, with high vacancy rates meaning patients may not be receiving the level of specialist care they need, a report has suggested. Macmillan Cancer
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Nurseries and childminders struggling with cost of offering 30 hours of free childcare
Many nurseries and childminders are struggling with the cost of offering families 30 hours of free childcare a week, a poll suggests. Under a Government scheme rolled out last autumn,
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Amber Rudd resigns as Home Secretary amid accusations she misled MPs
Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary amid claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants. Ms Rudd telephoned Theresa May to tell her of the decision amid
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Health chiefs warn immigration rules are worsening NHS staffing pressures
Immigration rules are worsening NHS staffing pressures by preventing doctors from overseas coming to Britain to work, health chiefs have warned. Limits on the number of visas issued to doctors
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Police returned laptop ‘containing abuse images’ to man later jailed for rape
A police force allegedly returned a laptop containing images of abuse to a man who was later jailed for rape after an investigation by another force. The Independent Office for
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Secret Home Office memo leaves Amber Rudd facing new questions over immigration removals
Home Secretary Amber Rudd is facing fresh questions over her claim not to have known about immigration removal targets following the leak of a memo suggesting she was informed by
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Lewisham couple jailed after being caught on CCTV viciously abusing three young children
A couple who were caught on CCTV subjecting three young children in their care to a litany of abuse, including vicious beatings, biting and even sucking on their faces, have
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Adopted children covered by new exemption from two-child benefit limit
Restrictions on benefit payments to families with more than two children have been relaxed, with a new exemption covering all of those who are adopted or taken in by relatives
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GP secures damages from NHS England after ‘wrongful and unlawful’ statements to BBC
NHS England is to pay damages to a GP whose privacy it breached by telling the BBC that she was under investigation. Its “wrongful and unlawful” statements had caused enormous
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