An investigation into widespread sexual crimes against vulnerable women and girls as young as 13 has resulted in 20 men facing a number of charges. Operation Sanctuary, launched by Northumbria
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The regulator of health and adult social care is concerned that people across England are being detained under the Mental Health Act without their legal rights being discussed or explained
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Rising numbers of people are facing homelessness in England amid a string of benefit cuts and a “woeful lack of affordable housing” – with an estimated 280,000 cases taking place
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New Zealand High Court judge Lowell Goddard has been named as chair of the troubled child abuse inquiry. Home Secretary Theresa May said Justice Goddard had been selected after a
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A previously top-secret file containing allegations of “unnatural sexual behaviour” at Westminster which was found at the National Archives was not seen by an inquiry into the Home Office’s handling
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A criminal investigation is to be started after a damning new report into Rotherham’s child sexual exploitation prompted the replacement of its entire political leadership with Government commissioners. Communities secretary
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A new strategy to raise the ambitions and educational attainment of children who are looked after in Wales has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. Launched by the Minister for
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An independent Commission to review the provision of inpatient psychiatric care for adults in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been launched today. The Commission is chaired by Lord Nigel
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Theresa May is expected to announce the new chair of the troubled child abuse inquiry following the resignations of two previous holders of the post. The Home Secretary has also
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Ministers have failed to honour a pledge made in the wake of the Winterbourne View abuse scandal to move patients with learning difficulties out of hospitals and into community care,
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