The Government has killed off an attempt by peers to make Britain offer sanctuary to 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Europe despite concern from Tory backbenchers. Suggestions that Tory rebels
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A man whose son was placed for adoption could be jailed after social services bosses complained that he harassed staff and placed material on the internet identifying the youngster. One
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End-of-life care in England is heading for a “meltdown”, a leading cancer charity has warned. Many dying patients are not getting proper pain relief, they are not being involved in
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Health officials have given the green light to a new drug that can “transform” the lives of people living with heart failure. Around 100,000 people will benefit from using the
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Violence has soared at an inner-city jail fuelled by a flood of so-called “legal highs”, an inspection report found. There was an average of 32 assaults on prisoners and staff
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The number of care home insolvencies increased by almost a fifth last year amid a fall in local authority funding, a new study has revealed. A total of 47 care
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Nursery leaders have warned of “catastrophic” staff shortages as a result of new government rules on qualifications for practitioners. From September, staff at early years childcare providers will only be
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Northern cities are home to the highest numbers of vulnerable children and families but southern and coastal areas are facing “hidden” poverty, analysis shows. The cities in the North of
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New laws are needed to stop councils allowing people to slip into homelessness, Labour has insisted. The party’s shadow housing and planning secretary, John Healey, has backed calls by the
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Assaults on NHS staff have gone up 25% in the last five years, new figures show. The number of assaults increased to 67,874 in 2014-15 from 54,758 assaults in 2008-9
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