Theresa May’s Government has an “issue” over benefits for disabled people, Jeremy Corbyn has suggested in an outspoken attack. In a pre-Budget intervention, the Labour leader said ministers need to
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Emilia Fox and Emily Watson are among the female celebrities voicing their commitment to women’s rights in a powerful new film for ActionAid. Charlie Webster, Lucy Rose, Frances Barber, Tanya
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The Government must address a “big gap” between its position on the Dubs child refugee scheme and evidence submitted by local councils and campaigners, MPs say. Ministers faced a storm
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There is overwhelming evidence of a strong link between socio-economic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour, according to a report. The Dying from Inequality report from Samaritans found that areas of higher
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Uber taxis could soon be used to transfer non-emergency patients to and from hospital after a deal was struck between an NHS trust and social care company Cera. The deal
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A boy removed from his mother’s care after she took the drug GHB must be placed for adoption, a High Court judge has ruled. The woman had been seen “staggering
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A report which concluded that senior detectives investigating the death of 13-month-old Poppi Worthington were “unstructured and disorganised” has left her mother “profoundly disappointed and distressed”, say her lawyers. The
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New measures have been announced to make it easier for survivors of domestic abuse to take part in elections. Changes to the anonymous registration scheme will make it more straightforward
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The Government has backed down over plans which critics claimed would have weakened protections for vulnerable children. Education Secretary Justine Greening has dropped proposals in the Children and Social Work
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Health and care workers looking after dying people in their final days must do more to ask about spiritual beliefs, experts have said. Spiritual wishes were only documented for one
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