A teenage girl who took her own life at a mental health facility was “failed by the place that was supposed to keep her safe”, her family have said. Tees,
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A therapist accused of raping and sexually assaulting a client said his penis was “like a laser beam” which could “burn up trauma” while using penetration as a “therapeutic technique”,
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Around 85,000 new childcare places will be needed by September 2025 for the expansion of funded childcare for working parents in England, the Government has estimated. A pilot will start
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Leading mental health and poverty charities and unions have strongly criticised Rishi Sunak’s planned welfare reforms as “deeply damaging” and an “irresponsible war of words”. The Prime Minister announced a
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Rishi Sunak has told of the “moral mission” to reform welfare as he announced major changes to the system in the face of criticism of his “hostile rhetoric” and accusations
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Placing vulnerable youngsters in illegal children’s homes is “unacceptable”, an education minister has told Parliament. Condemning the practice, Baroness Barran (pictured) pointed out that running unregulated properties is an offence
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The Government has been urged to carry out a review of the UK’s “broken” medicine supply chain after new research found the impact of Brexit has worsened the issue in
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Autistic people and those with a learning disability are still being failed, a charity has said, describing new figures as showing too many remain “stuck” in mental health hospitals. NHS
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Calls made to an anti-slavery helpline have reached a record high, with the number of potential victims in the care sector rising by almost a third and the first suspected
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The Government will do “whatever we need to do” to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, Grant Shapps has said in an apparent hint the RAF could be used for deportation
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