A father and son who lived the “high life” and posted pictures on social media of themselves posing with new cars and expensive jewellery have been jailed for modern slavery
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A woman who was sexually abused as a child by her half-brother has been awarded thousands of pounds in damages after a controversial ban on payouts was abolished. The 58-year-old
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The Government has rejected calls for a time limit on immigration detention as an MP said Home Office detention is “arbitrary” and “unfair”. Harriet Harman, chairwoman of the Human Rights
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Stalking victims are consistently being failed because of a “widespread failure to recognise” it, the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales has said. Dame Vera Baird (pictured) said those at
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Sex abuse of children in one Nottinghamshire care home seemed inevitable, while abusers were allowed to flourish in another, a scathing report has revealed. In one 12-month period at Sandown
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Sexual abuse of children in council care in Nottinghamshire was widespread for decades and repeated failures to learn from mistakes exposed more young people to harm, a report has concluded.
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Just 3% of rape allegations in London lead to a conviction, prompting the capital’s Victims’ Commissioner to urge drastic improvements in the way victims are treated. Claire Waxman’s call comes
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Hundreds of families are expected to benefit from a change in the law allowing them to take control of their missing loved ones’ financial affairs. Named after chef Claudia Lawrence
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Pride must be restored to overlooked towns, and investment targeted at people locked out of opportunity in order to heal a post-Brexit Britain, a charity has urged. The Joseph Rowntree
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A disabled man who says a High Court judge acted unlawfully when he gave medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorised the use of force has
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