Concerns raised by the Scottish Secretary around gender reforms are “irrational”, the Scottish Government has argued in a filing to the country’s highest court. Ministers have filed a challenge to
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The Government must stop delaying and give interim compensation to survivors of the infected blood scandal and their families as soon as possible, ministers have been told. MPs across the
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An inquest will investigate how a man was deemed to pose a low risk of serious harm by probation services before going on to murder his partner and three children.
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A group of children who went missing from a hotel housing asylum seekers on the south coast are in a “vacuum”, the High Court has heard. Article 39, a charity
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The Government has been accused of lacking “direction and focus” on social care reform after it sought to address confusion over controversial spending plans announced earlier this month. The Department
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Safeguarding concerns about pupils have risen since the pandemic, the vast majority of teachers surveyed for new research have said. The increases mainly covered neglect and emotional abuse, according to
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The Government appears to have entered a “phase of total apathy” after “abject failure” in addressing the risk of abuse to autistic people and those with learning disabilities who are
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Rishi Sunak is under investigation after facing allegations of a possible failure to declare the shares his wife holds in a childcare agency that was boosted by the Budget. Parliament’s
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The case of a 10-month-old baby who was murdered by his parents just 39 days after being placed back into their care is to be reviewed by social services. Finley
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The first vote on the controversial National Care Service will be pushed beyond June, according to a letter from the minister responsible, to allow for “compromise” to be reached with
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