Discretionary welfare payments are being “hacked away”, a senior MP has claimed, after new figures showed more than £300 million has been axed from two major benefits funds. Fresh analysis
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Malnourished, grey-looking, children are turning up to school in dirty uniforms and stuffing food in their pockets because they are living in poverty, headteachers have warned. In some cases, youngsters
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The head of Ofsted has been accused by teachers of Islamaphobia over remarks she made about young girls wearing the hijab in the classroom. Amanda Spielman (pictured) was criticised by
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The Government is spending more than £700,000 reassessing people with the most severe cases of Parkinson’s for disability benefits, even though they will never get any better, campaigners have claimed.
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A rough sleeping task force to cut the number of people living on the street is being launched as the Government promised to break the cycle of homelessness. Councils with
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White shortlisted job applicants are up to three times more likely to be appointed than black and minority ethnic (BME) applicants in six major NHS organisations and are more likely
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A mentally-ill man who died after he was restrained by police was a gifted footballer and viewed by many as “a father figure and a role model”, his family have
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Tory MPs have been accused of “laughing and sneering and smirking” at public services in crisis as the Government suffered a symbolic defeat on council funding. MPs backed a Labour
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An ambulance crew went “above and beyond” to allow an elderly husband an emotional reunion with his wife who suffers from dementia. The two ambulance workers, based in Ipswich, Suffolk,
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Council officials who claimed they have “worked our bollocks off” are resisting attempts to limit exit payments to £95,000, MPs have heard. Conservative former minister Sir Christopher Chope said the
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