Around 39,000 fewer older people are receiving long-term care from councils than in 2015/16, despite a rise in demand, figures show. The number of people with social care needs receiving
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Stagecoach chairman Sir Brian Souter has donated £109 million to charity. Sir Brian said that following the “excellent performance” of Souter Investments, he has gifted 28% of its shares to
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Campaigners have welcomed steps towards approving a potentially “groundbreaking” drug treatment for people with Alzheimer’s. Drug maker Biogen said it was seeking regulatory approval for aducanumab in the US on
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Severely injured victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles will receive almost £10,000 a year under Government pension proposals. The payment scale for the pension for those living with the consequences
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Will Smith has urged the public to think about those who “don’t have a place to call home” in a video promoting a mass sleep-out to help end homelessness. The
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Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a Saudi Arabian woman who was found guilty in her absence of poisoning a young girl with insulin at a London children’s hospital. Amal Asiri,
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Cancer patients are too afraid to ask for support because they are worried about adding to the workload of overstretched NHS staff, a charity fears. More than two thirds of
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Edel Harris will be the next Chief Executive Officer of Royal Mencap Society, the charity confirmed today. She will leave her current role as CEO of Cornerstone, which provides a
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Scottish Autism, the largest provider of autism-specific services in Scotland, has announced it is to work alongside Gretton School in Cambridge to pilot a new Autism Practice Improvement Programme (APIP).
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The Government must take urgent action to end the “terrible injustice” of denying bereavement benefits to unmarried couples, MPs have said. The Work and Pensions Committee said ministers have acted
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