Ministers have confirmed that a system of childcare vouchers will be extended for six months before closing in October. Elizabeth Truss said the move would allow the Government to monitor
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The care industry will be plunged into “crisis” if the Government does not step in to fund a £400 million back payment bill, MPs have heard. Ministers were warned that
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Prescriptions for some “over the counter” remedies such as paracetamol and cold treatments have been cut after NHS officials voted in favour of money-saving plans. Cough mixture, eye drops, laxatives
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A Government U-turn on welfare will mean 18 to 21-year-olds are automatically entitled to claim housing benefit again. Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey said the change “will reassure all
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People are waiting “far too long” for an autism diagnosis, a Tory former Cabinet minister said as she urged people to show more awareness of the disability. Dame Cheryl Gillan
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Some young people are facing “unacceptable barriers” in getting mental health support, a charity has warned. A survey of 2,700 young people who had struggled with mental health issues found
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Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity is to do a U-turn and keep donations raised by a controversial black-tie event mired in claims that female hostesses were groped. The organisation,
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The outgoing chairman of the Parole Board said there are “very troubling questions” about the body’s independence after he was forced to quit over the John Worboys case. Professor Nick
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High Court judges who overturned a decision to release black cab rapist John Worboys from prison said a number of “striking features” of his case “give rise to concern”. They
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One of the women who won a landmark ruling over the decision to release black cab rapist John Worboys said she fought the case because she does not want others
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