Children from poorer backgrounds twice as likely to be unemployed
Children from poorer backgrounds are twice as likely to be out of work because of a “youth jobs gap” between rich and poor, a new study suggests. Research by charity
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Record amounts of online child abuse content removed thanks to new tech
Record amounts of child sexual abuse imagery were found online and removed last year thanks to improving technology in the field of detecting and assessing such images, according to a
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Minister backs scheme to encourage more men into early years careers
More men are being encouraged to work in nurseries as a charity aims to challenge stereotypes over the male role in early education. Men currently make up just 3% of
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IFS finds Universal Credit disproportionately reduces incomes among poorer adults
Some 1.9 million adults will be at least £1,000 per year worse off under Universal Credit – while 1.6 million will gain more than this amount – analysis has found.
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Prison violence figures ‘looking reasonably positive’, Justice Minister
A Government minister who vowed to resign if the levels of violence in 10 key prisons did not decline has revealed that “at the moment the figures are looking reasonably
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Inspection finds community payback orders in Borders ‘of no benefit to convicts’
Criminals undertaking community payback orders (CPOs) in the Scottish Borders have good relationships with staff but there are doubts about any benefits from the punishment, inspections have found. The management
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Greater awareness of symptoms attributed to record 2.2 million cancer checks
A record 2.2 million people were checked for cancer by the NHS in England last year, with the health service crediting increased awareness to celebrities such as Stephen Fry. The
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Health Secretary vows to end use of agreements to silence NHS whistleblowers
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has vowed to end the use of non-disclosure agreements which prevent would-be NHS whistleblowers speaking out. Mr Hancock said he wants more people to feel they
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Boy moves home due to mother passing on ‘hateful feelings’ about father
An eight-year-old boy has moved home after a family court judge was told he was picking up his mother’s “hateful feelings” about his father. Judge Lloyd North decided the youngster
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Report reveals teenagers feel ‘obligation’ to fight fellow inmates at youth jail
Teenagers held at a youth jail feel they have an “obligation” to fight fellow inmates from rival gangs or postcodes, a watchdog report has revealed. Inspectors found a “culture” has
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