Sir Keir Starmer vowed to tackle child poverty “with the same vigour” as the last Labour government when challenged over his refusal to immediately axe the two-child benefit cap. His
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The Government will end the use of the Bibby Stockholm barge for housing migrants off England’s south coast as part of an overhaul of the asylum system, the Home Office
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A new charity initiative is being launched to donate more than 400,000 surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in need across London over the next year. The capital’s first so-called
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The seven Labour MPs who defied the Government by backing an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap have lost the whip. Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain,
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More than 75,000 children in England are waiting for speech and language therapy – an all-time high, figures show. NHS England data from May shows 97,824 people in the community
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England has nearly 1,500 fewer care homes than in 2018, the Liberal Democrats claimed as they tabled a King’s Speech amendment calling for free personal care across the country. Some
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Councils are facing “unsustainable financial pressure” in dealing with record levels of homelessness, the public spending watchdog has said as it called for a long-term and cross-Government strategy to tackle
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An increasing number of NHS bodies have been unable to break even, according to a new report on the financial management and sustainability of the health service. NHS England is
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A review of plans for 40 new hospitals could delay projects, a shadow health minister warned, as the new Health Secretary vowed not to give patients “false hope” about when
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The number of people in England being diagnosed with dementia is at a record high, according to new figures from the NHS. The latest data shows a record 487,432 people
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