“Poverty porn” programmes on television are normalising the idea of the “deserving and the undeserving poor”, and MP has said. Labour MP Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
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Abolishing short jail sentences is not the answer to stopping criminals from reoffending, the Justice Secretary has said. Robert Buckland told MPs that better alternatives to short periods behind bars,
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Younger people in England aged 18-34 are the most likely to consider applying for a job in adult social care, according to new figures from the Department of Health and
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Patients must be able to attend cancer screening during evenings and weekends, and in locations close to their home or work, a Government-ordered review has said. Professor Sir Mike Richards
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Staff who make final decisions on complaints that have not been resolved by the NHS in England and UK Government departments and other public organisations have voted to go on
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Prescription charges would be scrapped in England under a Labour government which would also set up a “publicly-owned generic drugs manufacturer”, the party has pledged. Leader Jeremy Corbyn, who will
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The Duke of Sussex broke down as he paid tribute to “inspirational” children, citing how his own journey into fatherhood meant learning about those with serious illnesses “pulls at my
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The current system of oversight for unregulated accommodation for teenagers in care is “completely untenable”, a minister has warned. Education minister Michelle Donelan (pictured) said the Department for Education would
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A woman with learning disabilities who was at the centre of an abortion battle has given birth, lawyers have said. The woman’s mother, a Catholic former midwife, had earlier this
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Youth offender services urgently need Government guidance to help curb knife crime and county lines drug dealing, inspectors have said. HM Inspectorate of Probation expressed concern over “a lack of
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