Surrey County Council abandons 15% tax rise to offset social care costs
A Tory-led authority has abandoned plans for a 15% hike in council tax to address the crisis in social care funding and will instead “take a risk” that ministers will
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Government urged to stop ‘nannying’ parents and drop universal free childcare
The state must stop it’s so-called “nannying” of British parents and do away with universal free childcare, a new report has urged. Families most in need of help are not
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Thousands of families stripped of benefits to have cases reviewed
Thousands of low-income families who were stripped of their tax credits by a controversial US contractor are to have their cases reviewed, the Government has said. Concentrix, which was originally
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BMA warns plans to charge overseas patients up front lack detail
Plans for NHS trusts to charge overseas patients for non-urgent care up front lack detail, the doctors’ union has said. The British Medical Association has warned of possible “chaos and
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Analysis finds FGM case ‘discovered or treated every hour in England’
A case of female genital mutilation (FGM) is either discovered or treated at a medical appointment in England every hour, according to analysis of NHS statistics by a charity. Between
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Woman in foster care court case waiting six months for written ruling
A woman says she has been waiting six months for a copy of a ruling after a family court judge decided her daughter should be taken from her care. The
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NHS boss apologises after woman, 89, remains on hospital ward for six months
An NHS Trust has apologised after an elderly woman remained on a ward for six months at a cost of more than £80,000 despite being fit for discharge. Iris Sibley,
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Judge says social workers can keep toddler secret from family members
A High Court judge has given social workers permission to keep the existence of a toddler a secret from his half-brother and half-sister. Mr Justice Cobb heard that the 15-month-old
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Woman abused from age of 11 ‘drawn into world of fear, rape and horrific abuse’
A woman who was sexually exploited by a number of men in Rotherham from the age of 11 and made pregnant when she was 12 has told a court: “I
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‘Horrific’ abuse claims alleged against Archbishop’s ex-colleague in 1982 report
The “scale and severity” of physical abuse against young men, allegedly carried out by a former colleague of the Archbishop of Canterbury, was “horrific” a 1982 report found. A series
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