Domestic violence organisations will receive a £20 million boost under plans to be set out in Philip Hammond’s first Budget. Theresa May, who is working to oversee a new Domestic
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An awareness-raising campaign aimed at challenging common misconceptions about how victims respond to rape has been launched. The Rape Crisis Scotland project hopes to address the “myth” there is a
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Just over 100 children who began receiving specialist mental health care in the last three months of 2016 had waited more than a year to get help. Figures for the
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A new Report into substance misuse among adults over 50 years old has been welcomed by Minister for Social Services and Public Health, Rebecca Evans. The independent Advisory Panel on
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The crisis in social care and pressure to help firms facing business rates hikes forced Chancellor Philip Hammond to promise billions in extra funding as he delivered his first Budget.
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A charity that supports domestic violence victims has said it is devastated over the deaths of a young mother and two toddlers in a fire at a housing complex it
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Emilia Fox and Emily Watson are among the female celebrities voicing their commitment to women’s rights in a powerful new film for ActionAid. Charlie Webster, Lucy Rose, Frances Barber, Tanya
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The High Court is to hear an urgent challenge over a teenage boy’s “prolonged solitary confinement” in prison. A penal reform charity says the boy has been locked in his
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Syrian children are showing symptoms of “toxic stress” and are attempting self-harm and suicide in response to prolonged exposure to war, according to a report. Children do not feel safe
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Two wealthy brothers who ran a dangerous and dirty care home with rooms like “prison cells” where residents were not bathed or showered for a month have been fined £80,800.
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