Two women who say they were sexually abused by their Scout leader when they were teenagers have accused the organisation of “silencing” them and “protecting” their attacker. They also claim
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A shortage of neurology staff in the NHS is preventing people with multiple sclerosis (MS) from accessing cutting-edge treatments, a charity has said. The MS Society said overstretched staff are
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A woman with mental health difficulties has given birth after a judge ruled that doctors could carry out a caesarean section without her approval if necessary, lawyers have said. Mr
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Police involvement in 999 responses to mental health incidents will be reduced under a new arrangement between emergency services. Under the National Partnership Agreement, people experiencing mental health issues will
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Public support for the Government’s handling of the NHS in England plummeting to its lowest level in two decades should ring alarm bells in Downing Street, health experts have warned.
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Around 1.5 million council workers have been offered a pay rise of at least £1,925 from April, it has been announced. Employers representing 360 local authorities in England, Wales and
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Football pundit Chris Kamara has delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for changes to pension rules for people dying of a terminal illness. The 65-year-old presenter, representatives of Marie
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Vulnerable young people are being failed at a cost of £23 billion a year, MPs have warned, as they called on the Government to report annually for the first time
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A victim of the Windrush scandal left stranded and destitute in Jamaica for a decade is bringing a High Court challenge against the Government over his level of compensation. Vernon
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A “full independent review” is set to be carried out by the College of Policing into Lancashire Police’s handling of the Nicola Bulley case, the county’s police and crime commissioner
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