New measures aimed at the long-term unemployed come into force today, with people facing benefit sanctions if they refuse to take part. The Government said Jobcentre staff will have more
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A pilot scheme which allows victims and witnesses to give evidence ahead of criminal trials starts tomorrow. The most vulnerable people involved in the courts process will be able to
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An independent inquiry will investigate claims of a criminal cover-up of the alleged sexual abuse of children at Rochdale schools by Sir Cyril Smith. A QC-led review will examine whether
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Ofsted has found that outstanding leadership in Cafcass has led to a wholesale transformation in organisational culture, radically improving the services children and families receive, and has steered the organisation
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A new health “atlas” has for the first time revealed extraordinary patterns in disease across the country. The series of high resolution maps covering England and Wales show striking variations
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A new specialist adult safeguarding nursing service to investigate and support care homes in Devon has been hailed a success for immediate and long term patient safety. The service was trialled
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UNISON has decided to ballot 600,000 local government and school members for strike action after 70% of members rejected this year’s pay offer in a consultative ballot. The pay offer
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A woman is being held by police on suspicion of murdering her four-year-old daughter and twin sons aged three. Tania Clarence, 42, cared full-time for the three children, who are
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Vulnerable asylum seekers were left in “unacceptably poor” accommodation following a bungled Home Office project, an influential committee of MPs has said. Three firms were awarded contracts in March 2012
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A new report has revealed that two million elderly people face living alone without any help from relatives within 20 years. A leading think tank revealed that many people face
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