Charities acting for prisoners have won permission from the Court of Appeal to challenge legal aid cuts they say are “inherently unfair” and threaten to cause injustice to vulnerable inmates.
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Extra taxes to pay for a social care system that mirrors the National Health Service are being outlined by Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham. The reforms would lead to “difficult
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Social services staff have been criticised by a High Court judge who has ruled that a two-year-old girl should return to the care of her father and be reunited with
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A major Scotland-wide study of the health, economic and social circumstances of people aged 50-plus aims to lead to improvements to their health and wellbeing. Launched this week, the University
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Around 120,000 children whose parents are working on low incomes will be cast adrift if the UK Government changes its definition of child poverty, the social justice secretary (for Scotland)
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The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has called for a review into how dying, death and bereavement are dealt with across government departments and public bodies. The calls are
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Some of the very poorest pensioners are missing out on billions of benefits, according to the latest government figures analysed in Age UK’s Chief Economist’s Report. The charity’s Chief Economist’s Report
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A man who was abusive to a social services manager after his son was placed for adoption has been given a suspended jail term. Kaine Hancock was given a six-month
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Former Cabinet minister Leon Brittan has been named in top secret files uncovered following a review into historical child sex abuse in Westminster. Peter Morrison, who was an aide to
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Spy chiefs warned the Thatcher government that allegations an MP had a “penchant for small boys” risked causing it political embarrassment, documents have revealed. Child abuse investigators found no consideration
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