Housing Secretary Michael Gove has vowed to hold landlords to account following the death of a two-year-old boy who suffered prolonged exposure to mould in a housing association flat. Awaab
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A stepmother murdered her autistic three-year-old stepson by inflicting a broken skull and unsurvivable brain damage while slapping him “multiple times” around the head, a jury has been told. Leila
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The nation’s mental health has “failed to rebound after the pandemic”, a charity has warned – with research suggesting around three in 10 adults’ mental health has deteriorated since the
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The Government must “begin reversing the family poverty crisis” by increasing child benefit and making changes to ensure children in larger families are not penalised, a new report warns. Even
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A mentally ill man who was accused of harassing supermodel Kate Moss has been detained indefinitely for killing his divorced parents after absconding from a psychiatric unit. William Warrington, 42,
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More than four million children are living in families which receive Universal Credit, latest figures suggest. Some 4,030,796 children were living in households receiving the benefit as of August, according
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The death of a young boy who suffered prolonged exposure to mould is an “unacceptable tragedy”, the Housing Secretary has said. Awaab Ishak (pictured), two, died in December 2020 from
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Chaos has ensued in local areas as asylum seekers are “dumped” on councils without warning as the Home Office tries to move people out of the Manston processing centre, Parliament
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More than nine in 10 social care directors do not believe their local area has enough staff or funding to get through the winter, a survey suggests. Social care bosses
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The NHS and social care system are in the “most perilous position in memory”, a group of leading charities has warned. The Richmond Group of Charities said the systems were
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