Home Office unlawfully detained ‘potentially thousands’ of asylum seekers
The Home Office has lost a legal bid to overturn a court ruling which found it had detained asylum seekers unlawfully. The judgment may pave the way for a wave
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Tories hit back at Corbyn claims of secret NHS trade talks as ‘total nonsense’
Labour and the Tories have been involved in a furious clash over claims the Conservatives would put the NHS “up for sale” in a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.
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Corbyn claims NHS documents show secret US trade deal talks at ‘very advanced stage’
Labour has accused the Conservatives of negotiating a secret trade deal with the US to open up the NHS to American pharmaceutical companies. Jeremy Corbyn said they had obtained uncensored
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More modern slavery victims being used by crime gangs in homeowner scams
A rising number of modern slavery victims are being used by crime gangs to carry out home improvement scams, according to Trading Standards. Teams across England are reporting more cases
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Police issue CCTV image of intruder after ‘boy sexually assaulted in his bedroom’
Police have issued a CCTV image of a man in an appeal for information after a young boy reported he was sexually assaulted in his bedroom by an intruder. Officers
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Researchers warn of NHS ‘postcode lottery’ in care for knee and hip replacements
Patients experience a “postcode lottery” in accessing physiotherapy following a knee or hip replacement, researchers say. Their new study found that people are more likely to receive physiotherapy if they
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Police Federation report 28% rise in number of mental health related call-outs
Calls to tackle the “growing mental health crisis” have been made as cases handled by police officers rose more than a quarter in the last four years. The head of
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Exorbitant £1,000 citizenship fee for children effectively removes entitlement, court told
The “excessively high” fee the Government charges children to register as a British citizen effectively removes their entitlement to citizenship, the High Court has heard. The Project for the Registration
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Nationwide patient survey by CQC finds mental health care getting worse
Access to NHS mental health care is getting worse, according to a nationwide survey of patients carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The poll of 12,551 people who
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Couple who campaign for autism sensory rooms at football grounds receive MBEs
A football-mad couple who campaigned to make matches more accessible for children with autism have received MBEs. Peter and Kathryn Shippey’s charity, The Shippey Campaign, introduced the first “sensory rooms”
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