The Government is being urged to make firms publish their disability pay gaps after new research suggested the difference with other workers has hit more than £2,800 a year. The
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Ministers have revealed 49 people deported to Commonwealth countries have not been contacted by the Windrush task force, leading MPs to claim the Home Office “hasn’t learned anything” from the
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Young people’s futures are being put at risk because of cuts in youth services, including hundreds of job losses, a new report warns. Unison said almost 900 youth worker jobs
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A deal has been struck to help avoid disruption to vital home services to 13,000 elderly and disabled people, it has been announced. Privately-owned CRG, a leading home care, healthcare,
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The number of people held in immigration detention has fallen to the lowest level since comparable records started nearly a decade ago, Government figures show. There were 2,049 detainees at
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Staff at the housing charity Shelter are to stage a three-day strike over a “derisory” pay offer. Members of Unite will walk out on December 11, with the union warning
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Thefts of parking permits for disabled motorists have increased by 45% in the past 12 months, figures show. Some 4,246 blue badges were reported stolen in England in 2017/18 compared
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Ministers have been urged to review cuts to sexual health budgets by the first MP to announce that he has HIV during a House of Commons debate. Lloyd Russell-Moyle (pictured),
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A children’s home worker has been found guilty of 19 sexual offences against boys. Bruce McLean (pictured) was convicted by majority verdicts at Chester Crown Court on 19 counts of
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Thousands of vulnerable young people will be homeless or at risk of homelessness in the weeks leading up to Christmas, a charity has said. Centrepoint said 18,000 young people aged
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