Manchester Arena suicide bomber who killed 22 named as Salman Abedi
The suicide bomber who brought carnage to the Manchester Arena has been named as Salman Abedi. Monday night’s attack at a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande left 22
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National Autistic Society launch general election campaign to get autism on agenda
The National Autistic Society is encouraging autistic people across the UK, and their families, to talk to their local general election candidates about autism, by holding candidate coffee mornings. The
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Tory ‘dementia tax’ could see nine in 10 homes sold to cover care costs – Lib Dems
Tory plans to shake-up funding for social care could see nine out of 10 English homes eligible to be put on the market to cover treatment costs, the Liberal Democrats
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Tory social care funding plans may flounder due to poorly performing councils
Conservative plans for councils to recoup the care costs of elderly people from their estates after they die may flounder due to poor-performing local authorities, a former pensions minister has
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PM makes dramatic social care U-turn after ‘dementia tax’ sees Tories’ poll ratings dip
Theresa May has made a dramatic U-turn on her manifesto policy on social care amid signs that controversy over a so-called “dementia tax” was hurting Conservatives in the polls. Just
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100,000 back online petition for Three Girls sexual health worker to be honoured
More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the sexual health aid worker who first uncovered sexual abuse dramatised in BBC drama Three Girls to be recognised
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Duchess hails ‘dedicated and inspirational’ teams at children’s hospices
The Duchess of Cambridge has praised the extraordinary work of “dedicated and inspirational” staff and volunteers at children’s hospices across the UK. To mark the beginning of Children’s Hospice Week,
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Labour blasts Tories as ‘nasty party’ over ‘shameful attack’ on older people
Theresa May’s manifesto showed the Tories had returned to being the “nasty party”, Labour said as it warned 10 million pensioners would lose their winter fuel payments under her plans.
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Social workers to Skype young brothers in family dispute who were taken to Iraq
Social workers are set to Skype two brothers at the centre of family court litigation after being taken to Iraq. A judge says he wants to hear what the boys,
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High Court ban on journalists naming woman in child protection case criticised
A former Liberal Democrat MP has raised concern after a High Court judge barred journalists from identifying a woman who has been remanded in custody as a result of social
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