Smoking is costing local authorities £760 million a year in social care, a new report warns. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health urged the Government to renew
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Progress towards equality for disabled people in the UK “continues to be patchy and torturous”, campaigners have warned. Disability rights groups have submitted a “shadow report” to a United Nations
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An American pensioner with dementia was flown to Britain and left in a car park by his wife and son, according to court documents in the US. Roger Curry was
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Catastrophic injuries inflicted on a five-week-old girl by her parents could have been prevented if signs of earlier abuse, including fractured ribs, had been spotted, a report has said. Baby
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A local authority has won its appeal against a decision to award £20,000 damages to a couple whose eight children were wrongly kept in foster care. The proceedings were sparked
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Countless women suffering from breast cancer “are having their lives shortened in front of their eyes” by the decision to withdraw a pioneering treatment from the NHS, a Labour MP
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Councils have issued a fresh plea for extra funds amid warnings town halls face a £5.8 billion black hole by 2020. The Local Government Association (LGA) said two-thirds of councils
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A former NHS chief executive wept in the dock as she admitted fraudulently paying her husband more than £11,000 from her budget. Paula Vasco-Knight, 53, was in charge of South
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A middle-aged Down’s syndrome sufferer who died in a hospital intensive care unit was not in “state detention”, senior judges have ruled. Lawyers say the decision by three judges following
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Proposals to reduce homelessness will “simply be words on a piece of paper” if the Government fails to offer enough cash to councils, Labour has said. MPs are expected to
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