A company caught up in a lock-changing row has lost its asylum accommodation contract for Scotland. Serco, which was contracted by the Home Office, will cease delivering the accommodation north
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The scale of homeless deaths has been branded a “national tragedy” after official estimates showed a rise of almost a quarter over five years. Some 597 people sleeping rough or
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The Government has admitted that more than 4,500 disabled people were wrongly stripped of benefits despite having “good reasons” for missing assessments. Work and pensions minister Sarah Newton revealed they
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Universal Credit could have potentially “disastrous” consequences for disabled people, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee called on the Government to take urgent
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Spare a thought on Christmas Day as you sit down to watch the Queen’s speech or prepare to tuck into your turkey, for all the care workers who are putting
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Reforms to make it simpler for care homes and hospitals to hold vulnerable people who cannot consent to treatment or care have cleared their first Commons hurdle – despite cross-party
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New centres aimed at taking rough sleepers off the streets will be set up at 11 locations across England. The £4.8 million Government project will see “rough sleeping hubs” up
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Homeless people are being denied access to public services because they do not have a fixed postal address, according to a report. Citizens Advice said the homeless could have their
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The Scottish Conservatives have called on ministers to deliver on a pledge to publish a national strategy to combat loneliness by the end of the year. The government vowed to
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A family of landlords has been ordered to pay almost £250,000 after “cramming” 31 tenants into a four-bedroom house, a council said. The tenants were forced to sleep in shifts
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