New powers aimed at cracking down on rough sleeping are the “Vagrancy Act with bells on”, ministers have been warned. Conservative MP Nickie Aiken (Cities of London and Westminster) was
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Parkinson’s sufferers are struggling to afford the basics as they face a benefits system that is failing them due to not enough understanding of the condition, a charity has said.
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Campaigners believe there is still a “huge gap” between the cost of raising a child in Scotland and family incomes despite recent government efforts to provide additional support. New analysis
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Lee Anderson has doubled down on his criticism of Sadiq Khan and refused to apologise for remarks that sparked an Islamophobia row, as Rishi Sunak came under pressure to call
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More than 2,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel. Home Office figures show 290 people made the journey in five boats on
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Death threats, physical abuse and racist slurs aimed at NHS workers has prompted one hospital to make it easier for staff to “red card” violent and abusive patients. Aggressive patients
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A mother who published “bizarre” and untrue complaints about professionals involved in her sick daughter’s care has been handed a prison sentence for breaching court injunctions. Lioubov Macpherson was previously
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Author Wendy Mitchell has died after spending years documenting her battle with dementia, her family said. A letter published posthumously on the 68-year-old’s blog on Thursday said “if you’re reading
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The Government is being urged to make payments worth several thousand pounds on top of salaries to prevent nursing staff leaving the NHS and to tackle a worsening “workforce crisis”.
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An asylum seeker has been detained for nine years and six months for the manslaughter of fellow migrants who drowned trying to cross the English Channel. Ibrahima Bah (pictured) was
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