A duty requiring teachers, doctors and nurses to report cases of female genital mutilation will come into force next week. New laws announced earlier this year will make disclosure of
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A major overhaul of the adoption system is needed to cut the eight month time lag endured by children between being given a placement order and joining a new family,
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Ed Sheeran visited residents at a care home in his home town as he cut the ribbon for their new, aptly named suite, the Sheeran Suite. Global superstar Sheeran visited
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More than a million Londoners living in poverty are in a working family, a massive increase of 70% over the past decade, according to new research. More than a quarter
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Nearly 70% of people who complete a flagship welfare-to-work scheme fail to find sustained employment – and the programme needs to better identify claimants who need more personalised and intensive
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There has been an “alarming” rise in the number of elderly people admitted to hospital with life-threatening infections due to failings in GP and community care. A damning report from
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Friendly bacteria can act as a stress buster and improve mental health, research has shown. A study of 22 healthy men found that volunteers who took a probiotic for a
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Employers are being urged to do more to prevent stress among their staff after a study showed it had become a “huge problem”. The TUC said around 244,000 new cases
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Charities have reacted strongly to a report from a think-tank which suggests parents of young children should only receive child benefit if they enrol them in “quality pre-school education”. Bright
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A council at the centre of the Baby P scandal has again been blasted in a report into child protection following the suicide of a teenage girl. Haringey Council was
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