Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary has said she is not able to say when fresh guidance on single-sex spaces will be issued following last week’s Supreme Court ruling. Shirley-Anne Somerville (pictured)
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Scrapping the two-child benefit limit is the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty, charities have argued in a letter to the Prime Minister. Failing to scrap the limit could
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Pre-planned specialist care is “no longer fit for purpose” and needs to be reformed, leading medics have said. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said that the current outpatient care
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Families with a disabled child are facing average waits of more than 200 days to get assessments for social care, according to research by a charity which said the system
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A court ruling on biological sex has been hailed a victory confirming “women are women and men are men”, but some have called it “incredibly worrying for the trans community”.
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A professional photographer who was jailed for secretly filming dozens of young women with a camera disguised as an alarm clock has been sentenced for more crimes after further victims
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A Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for more than four years for rape. Pc Samuel McGregor, 33, was found guilty of raping a woman at an address in London
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Constance Marten’s baby could have been exposed to a “substantial risk of hypothermia” in a tent on the South Downs, an expert has said. Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50,
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A 44-year-old American man who flew to Wales to “marry” a teenage girl he had groomed online has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Jacob Ewing, 44,
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A union has urged NHS staff to accept a “guaranteed” 8% pay increase split over two years. Thousands of NHS staff represented by Unison have been urged to accept a
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