One in five British festival goers have experienced sexual assault or harassment at an event, according to new research. Campaigners said the figures, believed to be the first of their
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Four out of five council workers have no confidence in the future of local services because of spending cuts, new research reveals. A study by Unison found that most local
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Breast cancer patients are being denied “life-changing” reconstructive surgery due to rationing in the NHS, a report has said. Figures revealed nearly a quarter of local NHS commissioning groups had
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A former deputy speaker of the House of Commons has called for a change to “arcane” procedures which allow MPs to block legislation with a single word. Nigel Evans (pictured)
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Legislation to ban upskirting is to be adopted as a Government Bill, Downing Street said. The move comes after a Tory MP who blocked the progress of a backbench Bill
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A greedy chip shop boss who exploited vulnerable tenants by making them work for free at his takeaways because they feared becoming homeless has been jailed for eight and a
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The NHS is to get an extra £384 million a week after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. In a major announcement to mark the 70th anniversary of the
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Around 1,000 welfare claimants will be given more money after the Government dropped a legal challenge. An appeal against a decision that regulations were wrongly interpreted in a Personal Independence
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Government-backed plans to criminalise upskirting have been derailed after being opposed by a Conservative grandee. There were cries of “shame!” as Sir Christopher Chope (pictured) dealt a blow to campaigners
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Scotland would face “austerity until doomsday” if the country became independent, former prime minister Gordon Brown has said. He issued the warning as he called for politicians north and south
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