Jeremy Hunt has pledged to take a “housing first” approach to ease the homelessness crisis by giving rough sleepers unconditional access to permanent shelter and treatment. The contender to be
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A council has been ordered by the High Court to temporarily house a mother and her 12-week-old son to prevent them being made homeless ahead of a legal challenge. Camden
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More than 10,000 signatures have been collected in 48 hours against the liberalisation of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws, it has been claimed. The signatures were included in a letter to
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Ross Kemp has said he feels that the homelessness crisis in the UK has been “stuffed under the carpet”, blaming authorities for allowing that to happen. The former EastEnders star
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Council social services staff have admitted failing to carry out a planned assessment of a boy who was murdered by his father shortly after his second birthday, a High Court
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Living a healthy lifestyle is associated with offsetting a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to a new study. Research suggests the risk of developing dementia was 32% lower in
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Almost a quarter of Britons think patients who have been prescribed cannabis by their doctor should be allowed to grow their own marajuana plants, according to a new survey. Commissioned
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The Government is being urged to tackle the crisis in social care through the increased use of so-called assistive technologies to help people with learning disabilities and improve the skills
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An MP is demanding a review of the decision to release from prison a paedophile nursery worker because she no longer poses a “significant risk to the public”. Vanessa George,
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An investigation into how a 17-year-old girl became the first child in more than 20 years to take her life in a secure children’s home has concluded that her death
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