Hundreds of thousands of older people in Britain are facing a “double whammy” of unmet care needs and being chronically lonely, a charity has warned. Age UK said there were
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A planned strike by workers at the charity Action for Children has been suspended to allow talks to continue aimed at resolving a pay row. Members of Unite and Unison
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The Government has come under attack after announcing a “miserly” 1% pay rise for public sector workers, including doctors and nurses. The awards, following recommendations from pay review bodies (PRB),
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A culture of bullying prevented staff at an NHS trust from speaking out about the fact too many heart surgery patients were dying, a damning report has found. Inspectors from
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A “bullying and violent” new bride has been jailed for life after she was convicted of murdering her solicitor husband. Sharon Edwards, 42, stabbed to death criminal defence lawyer David
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More than 4,000 emergency orders have been issued to protect victims from suspected domestic abusers, new figures have revealed. Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) were rolled out nationally in 2014
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The number of reported child sex offences has risen by a third to the equivalent of more than 113 per day, a leading children’s charity has said. Police in England
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Government welfare reforms will “further entrench deep-seated regional inequalities across Britain”, campaigners have claimed after a new report said poorer areas will be hit hardest by new changes. The research
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An estimated 300,000 socially rented homes could be lost in England by 2020, a housing chief has warned. The Government’s drive to boost home ownership will radically change the housing
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A former social worker used his position at a “brutal” children’s care home to carry out a string of sex attacks in the early 1980s, a court has heard. Andris
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