A former health minister in the coalition government has called for an end to the “breathtaking hypocrisy” in the debate over drug policy reform. Lib Dem health spokesman Sir Norman
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A devout Christian thrown off a university social work course after being accused of posting derogatory comments about homosexuals and bisexuals on Facebook has won the latest round of a
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Outsourcing giant Serco has been fined £19.2 million and £3.7 million in costs as part of a settlement with the Serious Fraud Office over its electronic tagging scandal. The firm
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Children are being held in “unsuitable” temporary detention rooms at Heathrow Airport for more than 12 hours at a time, according to a report. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) raised
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Doctors are “handling the backlash” around the use of medicinal cannabis after patients’ expectations were unfairly raised by poor Government communication, a Parliamentary report has said. Relationships between doctors and
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Parents are having to find up to £800 extra to cover the cost of childcare over the summer holidays, new analysis suggests. Childcare costs rise during the school holidays when
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A “made-up policy fudge” is bringing significant financial hardship to terminally ill people struggling to access benefits, according to a report. The Government’s definition of terminal illness as when a
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Sexual abuse survivors have been “curled up on the floor crying” during their benefits assessment, MPs have heard. Labour’s Ruth George highlighted the wider impact of the benefits system on
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A care worker accused of placing a plastic bag over an elderly hospital patient’s head claimed he was playing peekaboo, a court has heard. Santosh Bhatta, 32, denies ill treating
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The assistant head teacher at a school attended by Lucy McHugh has told a court that social services decided to take no further action after she raised concerns about the
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