An 87-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his 86-year-old wife. Brendon Constant is accused of killing his wife Jean and was formally charged at Cambridge
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Major changes to the benefits system coming into force on Thursday will condemn hundreds of thousands more children to poverty, charities have warned. The Children’s Society called on the Government
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A campaign against the “indignity” of care visits limited to 15 minutes is being stepped up in a new video showing a stressed worker with a stopwatch. Unison said the
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Nuisance callers who target the elderly will be blocked by a new device installed in the homes of the most vulnerable, Theresa May has announced. Doctors, trading standards officials and
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The tax credits renewal process has been a “catastrophic failure” which caused unnecessary hardship and distress to people, a damning Commons report has found. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) insisted
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More than 7,500 families have had their housing benefit cut to just 50p a week as a result of the Government’s benefits cap, according to new figures. Official figures obtained
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Actor Idris Elba has attacked government cuts to housing benefits for 18-21-year-olds. The 44-year-old Luther star hit out at the moves which came into effect in April and stop out-of-work
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One in 10 councils have cut their spending on social care by more than a quarter, a respected economic think tank has found. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the nation’s “national religion” but it is “in crisis”, a new report has concluded. A House of Lords committee report states the NHS is
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Ministers should review pay policy for NHS staff and the impact it has on workforce morale, peers have said. A new report from the House of Lords Select Committee on
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