Thousands of children in England referred to social services over concerns including abuse and neglect are not getting the help they need, a charity has said. Action for Children has
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Widespread trauma caused by the Grenfell Tower fire has prompted an NHS recruiting drive for mental health professionals to keep up with demand. More than 50 vacancies for the Grenfell
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Members of a traveller family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring which kept one of its captives in “truly shocking” conditions for decades. Vulnerable people were forced
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Britain’s largest police force has failed to achieve any significant improvement in the quality of child protection investigations several months after a watchdog first raised the alarm, a report warns.
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People are not raising potential cases of child abuse as they fear being labelled racist, according to a Labour frontbencher. Shadow women and equalities secretary Sarah Champion said there is
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Rough sleeping across Britain is predicted to jump by three quarters (76%) over the next decade, a national charity for homeless people has warned. Around 9,100 people were sleeping rough
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Paying £10,000 to a convicted child rapist to infiltrate a paedophile gang “crossed a line”, it has been claimed. Jim Gamble, who set up the Government’s taskforce to fight child
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Domestic abusers should be put on a register as part of a “vital step change” to protect survivors, according to a new report. London Assembly Labour group leader Len Duvall
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Too many care homes are under so much pressure that they are not “getting the basics right every time”, a care consumer watchdog has warned. Healthwatch England said some residents
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Families who pay for overnight care for loved ones with a learning disability could be forced to find tens of thousands of pounds in back pay for carers, a charity
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