LloydsPharmacy will close 190 stores across England due to changes in Government policy, with its parent company blaming funding cuts and business rates for the move. Cormac Tobin, managing director
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Violence in prisons in England and Wales is continuing to surge with assaults and self-harm at record levels, official figures show. Assaults inside jails increased to a record high of
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Social care faces a funding gap which will have “a real impact” on people across the country, the Tory chairwoman of the Health Committee has warned. Sarah Wollaston called for
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A Conservative MP has highlighted the “shameful” gap in travel expenses received by MPs compared with low-paid care workers. Speaking during an Opposition Day debate on social care, Andrew Selous
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A health minister has sidestepped calls to apologise for repeating a claim that “austerity has been the mother of invention”. Jackie Doyle-Price faced criticism in the Commons after she noted
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The Government has launched an appeal against a ruling that its controversial benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children under two. A High Court judge in London said
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The leader of Rochdale Council has dismissed claims he knew about allegations of child sexual abuse in the early 90s, insisting his colleague “is lying”. The Independent Inquiry into Child
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Some patients are facing “considerable barriers” to recovery after illness or injury, leading physiotherapists have warned. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) said community rehabilitation services can “give people their
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Proposed new sentencing guidelines for domestic abuse cases could see harsher punishments handed out for the crimes, a Commons report suggests. MPs said there is likely to be some “inflationary”
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A number of children’s homes fear they could face closure due to a change in the interpretation of the law on pay for overnight carers, ministers have been warned. The
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