Cuts to local authority budgets mean councils are spending £137 a year less per head on average, new analysis shows. Figures from the Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre, commissioned by Labour,
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More than a third of NHS trusts have failed to sign up to a scheme to cut sales of sugary drinks in hospitals, new figures show. NHS England said 80
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Discretionary welfare payments are being “hacked away”, a senior MP has claimed, after new figures showed more than £300 million has been axed from two major benefits funds. Fresh analysis
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Two of Scotland’s leading disability charities are joining together in a move they say will protect and grow frontline social care services across Scotland. ENABLE Scotland and Sense Scotland have
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Local authority spending on services for children and young people in England has fallen in real terms by almost £1 billion since 2012, Labour has claimed. The party released analysis
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Paddy McGuinness has urged fellow parents raising children with autism not to give up hope after he “finally conquered a family holiday”. The Take Me Out host posted a picture
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New “one-stop shops” to speed up cancer diagnosis are being trialled across the country for the first time. GPs can refer patients suffering from “vague” symptoms including unexplained weight loss,
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A major health data resource will be able to dramatically expand potential research into mental disorders after receiving responses from thousands of members of the public on mental health. UK
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The Scottish Government is to use new welfare powers to introduce an income supplement as part of a range of measures to tackle child poverty. Communities Secretary Angela Constance announced
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New requirements to ensure care staff who look after people in their own homes are treated fairly and people receiving care experience the best possible services come into force today,
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