Modern slavery pervades every community of the UK and laws set up to target perpetrators must be strengthened, according to a new report. An independent review of the Modern Slavery
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Victims of violent and sexual crimes are being let down by “wholly unsatisfactory” probation services in London, according to a watchdog report. Inspectors found that in at least a fifth
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The UK has violated its human rights obligations through sustained and widespread cuts to social support, a UN poverty expert has found. UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
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Children’s charity Barnardo’s has raised concerns over ignorance of sexual grooming revealed by an Emmerdale storyline. The ITV soap has featured a plot line in which the character of teacher
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Councils could be facing a £51.8 billion funding “black hole” over the next six years, according to a new report. Such a financial shortfall would mean yearly council tax rises,
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A homeless man found living in a filthy car with his two malnourished toddlers has been handed a suspended jail sentence for child neglect. The 24-year-old man, who cannot be
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An investigation into a gang that groomed and sexually abused underage victims has led to more convictions after a vulnerable girl was repeatedly raped. Mohammed Akram was found guilty by
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A 55-year-old woman with a history of mental illness beat her neighbour to death in her own garden and left her body lying beneath a stone bird bath. Sherry Moore
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A missing 21-year-old woman was last seen by police officers who dropped her at a bus station, detectives have said. Hannah Barker, from the Whinmoor area of Leeds, has not
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A review of mental health provision at a young offenders institution where two people took their own lives has found the “risks and vulnerabilities” of some inmates are not given
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