Rough sleepers have been physically attacked, verbally abused, had bricks and beer cans thrown at them, and some have even been urinated on, according to a survey by a homelessness
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The Government has been accused of betraying the families of murdered children by narrowing the scope of new coroner powers to access data held by tech companies that is potentially
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Child poverty campaigners criticised a decision to increase the Scottish child payment by less than £2 per week, saying it would provide “little comfort” to struggling families. Finance Secretary Shona
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Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has insisted that asking higher earners to pay more is the “right choice” as she announced the creation of a new income tax band for those
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Dame Esther Rantzen has said she is considering the option of assisted dying if her lung cancer treatment does not improve her condition. The 83-year-old Childline founder and broadcaster, who
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Deaths registered from drug poisoning in England and Wales are at the highest level since records began 30 years ago. Opiates were involved in just under half of such deaths,
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A wave of public spending cuts have been announced in Wales, with pubs, shops and restaurants hit with a tax rise. The Welsh Government said it was forced to make
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Social care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently-announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and have “grave concerns” it could drive people from
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A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is set to go ahead in the new year into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives at a young offenders
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The number of potential victims of modern slavery indicated in the care sector is expected to have risen again for 2023, a former anti-slavery commissioner has said. Dame Sara Thornton
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