Scientists advising the Government during Covid-19 showed “too much enthusiasm for the camera” when sharing their views with the media, according to WhatsApp messages between Sir Patrick Vallance and Boris
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Councils in London have warned their finances are on a “knife edge” as they expect to have to make half a billion pounds in savings to balance their books next
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Almost 400,000 people left their jobs in social care in the year to March, with around of third of these exiting the sector altogether, according to a detailed annual report
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Judges have been told not to send some convicted criminals to jail due to prisons nearing capacity, according to a report. Lord Edis, the senior presiding judge in England and
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A new Anti-Slavery Commissioner has been announced after 18 months of the role being vacant. Eleanor Lyons, who is the current deputy Children’s Commissioner for England, has been appointed to
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A pregnant 11-year-old girl who has twice been raped by teenage boys should have a termination, a High Court judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot was told how the girl
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Serious incidents are being reported every half an hour in mental healthcare settings in England, highlighting the “crisis” the system is in, the charity Mind has said. Analysis of Care
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Labour would set up 90 new youth hubs to give teenagers the “best start in life” and to “stop the knife crime that is killing our children”, Yvette Cooper has
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A social care recruitment campaign is being launched to help build the “vital workforce” as a sector leader said she hoped more men and younger people will consider such roles.
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Nurses leaders are urging the Government to scrap an increase in the cost of a health and care visa which they warned will make the UK a less attractive place
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