Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of having an affair with an adviser to his department. The Sun published pictures of the married Cabinet minister appearing to kiss Gina
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The number of children needing foster care in England could rise by around a third within the next decade, but many councils are unprepared, research warns. The Social Market Foundation
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People looking after vulnerable children have to battle for support and the child welfare system is failing in its duty to nurture their loving relationships, a committee was told. Josh
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The lack of access to venues and facilities in Scotland could risk doing further damage to the mental health and employment prospects of young people, a charity has warned. A
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A care provider has been ordered to pay almost £100,000 after an 87-year-old woman suffered avoidable harm at its nursing home. Lanemile Limited, which runs Haven Lodge, Clacton-on-Sea, was fined
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Six former health and social care ministers have backed proposals to reform the social care workforce in the absence of long-awaited Government plans. The Future Social Care Coalition (FSCC) put
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Boris Johnson has been warned the “time for excuses is over” as Labour pressed him to urgently bring forward his social care reform plans. Health minister Helen Whately outlined her
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Nursing leaders have lodged a formal trade dispute with the Scottish Government for the first time as a row over pay escalates. Bosses at the Royal College of Nursing in
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The National Autistic Society (NAS) has told a family it is “very sorry” and agreed to pay them £70,000 after it was claimed a 54-year-old autistic man in their care
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Dominic Cummings tried to fast track a £530,000 grant to an external data team at the start of the pandemic – bypassing normal Whitehall procedures, leaked emails suggest. Boris Johnson’s
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