The adult social care sector is “on the precipice” when it comes to costs, the largest representative body for independent providers in England has warned. More than two in five
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The Chancellor has been accused of prioritising crumbling roads over the “crumbling social care and health system”. Charities have complained that carers and the homeless were ignored in the Budget
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Matt Hancock has been accused of “despicable” behaviour after leaked messages suggested he discussed withholding funding for a learning disability centre to pressure an MP not to rebel against coronavirus
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An appeal to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has raised more than £30 million in just 24 hours. Donations from the King and Queen Consort,
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Councils in Scotland would still be facing a real-terms cut to funding even if council tax is increased by 5%, a think tank has said. Analysis by the Institute for
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Families with vulnerable youngsters will be given extra support before they reach crisis point under a sweeping shake-up of children’s social care. The plan, which follows criticism of the safeguarding
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The Health Secretary has said he is “fast-tracking” £50 million of funding for motor neurone disease (MND) research after the Government faced criticism for failing to release the promised money.
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The Health Secretary has pledged to make an announcement on motor neurone disease (MND) research funding “in days” amid a row over the whereabouts of the money. More than a
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Funding social care through increased council tax is “highly regressive and inequitable”, a Tory former Cabinet minister has warned. Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (pictured) levelled his criticism with the lion’s
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Reports that a Tory peer may have benefited from Covid PPE contracts raise “far wider” questions about how the Government awarded such agreements, Labour has said. Labour deputy leader Angela
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