The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is in danger of “taking years to confirm what we already know”, a former top prosecutor has warned. Lord Macdonald QC said the
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Disabled children are almost twice as likely to fall victim to crime as other youngsters, a new report warns. Research by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that 22%
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The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has been asked to make decisions about the future of a three-year-old girl who has been at the centre of
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Poverty could be effectively eliminated for the “Brexit generation” by 2030 if the Government puts more effort into helping the poor, a think tank has said. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Ministers have defended the care system after a former Liberal Democrat MP said council social services departments in England and Wales were “under pressure” to get children adopted. John Hemming,
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A teacher who described herself as a “snob” and said a member of her ex-husband’s family spoke “Geordie” and lived on a “grotty” estate has lost a court fight over
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Police officers responsible for protecting children, the elderly and domestic abuse victims should require a licence to carry out the role, ministers will be told this week. The head of
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More than two-thirds of refuges in England and Wales will close if the Government goes ahead with planned welfare cuts, a leading charity has said. The warning comes as the
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Last week the British Medical Association announced training medics would perform a series of strikes by withdrawing labour, including emergency care, for a week each month until the end of
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The NHS must do more to help people with diabetes self-manage their condition, health leaders have said after a review concluded that the current way sufferers are cared for is
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