Legal aid restrictions will be eased for victims of domestic violence under Government reforms. The Ministry of Justice announced changes to give more support to those taking abusive former partners
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There are 100 more homeless children for every announcement the Government has made on homelessness since 2010, Labour has claimed. Shadow housing minister John Healey said the Government needed action
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Rock star Robert Plant questioned why he was receiving a winter fuel payment from the Government, peers have been told. Broadcaster Baroness Bakewell said she was stopped in the street
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A doctor said she suspected child abuse on examining the body of Poppi Worthington, who was ‘probably’ sexually assaulted by her father before her death. Home Office pathologist Alison Armour
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A couple have lost a family court fight over the care of a disabled grandchild they had looked after since she was a baby after a dispute with social workers.
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Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with a string of sex assaults on victims as young as 13. About 25 women
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Patients who use private residential detox clinics are being put at risk of harm because a large number of these services are not providing safe care, health inspectors have said.
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Theresa May has outlined a major new strategy to help get a million more disabled people into work over the next decade. The Prime Minister has pledged to work with
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The UK care home market is grappling with an unsustainable £1 billion a year funding gap that could spark a string of closures across the nation, the competition watchdog has
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Three children are to be placed for adoption after social workers raised concern about their parents’ “open relationship”. Their father chose to see other women and their mother, who “frequented”
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