Campaigners have taken the first step in a bid to take a council to court over a ban on demonstrations outside an abortion clinic. Ealing Council was the first in
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A man who grossly exaggerated the effect of his comparatively minor injuries in a bid to defraud the NHS of £837,109 faces a possible jail sentence. The case brought against
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Tougher penalties for people who attack emergency workers have moved a step closer after MPs unanimously supported measures designed to “protect the protectors”. Labour former minister Chris Bryant’s proposed legislation
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The Government’s refusal to set up an independent body to help plan for the long-term future of the NHS and adult social care has been branded “perfunctory and inadequate” by
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Police responding to a seven-year-old’s report of seeing someone pointing a gun from a window attended a nursing home and now believe what the child saw was a Zimmer frame.
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Save the Children is to suspend bidding for cash from the taxpayer in the wake of the aid worker sex scandal. Chief executive Kevin Watkins said the charity has volunteered
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A cancer patient caught up in the Windrush scandal will be granted indefinite leave to remain, Labour MP Chuka Umunna has revealed. But he described the man’s treatment by the
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A leading judge has raised concern about the way “vulnerable and disturbed” children are being cared for. Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division of the High Court
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A 2015 report says the Home Office set targets for voluntary departures of people who could not lawfully stay in the UK, it has emerged. A powerful Commons committee investigating
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Offering youngsters mental health counselling in primary school could help to prevent pupils from skipping school, cut crime and lead to higher employment, according to a report. It concludes that
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