Higher care provider fees and stretched council budgets are leading to a “doom loop” for adult social care where there is less help available for those in need, a report
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Prosecutors charged a vulnerable autistic school girl with terror offences without the “full evidential picture” of her exploitation by a neo-Nazi, an inquest has heard. Rhianan Rudd (pictured), 16, who
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Council finances are increasingly unsustainable and in need of reform, the public spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) warned town halls are becoming more and more preoccupied
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Anneliese Dodds has quit as international development minister over the Government’s decision to cut overseas aid to fund a boost to defence spending. Ms Dodds (pictured) said she knew there
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The public is being misled over what an NHS physician associate (PA) does, a coroner has said after a woman died following hospital failings, including being misdiagnosed with a nose
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A man who gave abortion drugs to a pregnant woman without her knowledge and caused her to lose her baby has had his jail sentence increased by five years at
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Rough sleeping in England has risen by a fifth in a year, according to new snapshot estimates branded “devastating and shameful”. The latest figures came as separate data showed a
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Health leaders have warned of a “potential second norovirus wave” – with people catching the vomiting bug more than once. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said people who have
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A hospital “compromised” a brain-damaged man’s dignity by keeping him on life support for nine years, a High Court judge has said. The man, known only as JP, suffered a
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The Government’s preferred choice to be chairwoman of NHS England has said she does not see herself as a “mouthpiece” for the Health Secretary or Department of Health. Dr Penny
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