Private and non-profit social care providers could be faced with increased costs of around £2.8 billion in the next financial year, according to analysis which warns of businesses potentially going
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Bereaved families demonstrated outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, holding pictures of loved ones and rolling out a red carpet with the words “let bereaved families give evidence”. A group of
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England’s hospitals were within “hours” of running out of some items of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the early months of Covid-19, Matt Hancock has said. The former health secretary
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Parliament’s longest serving MPs, Sir Edward Leigh and Diane Abbott, have made a joint plea for colleagues to reject assisted dying legislation, and allow for more time to consider the
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The squeeze on winter fuel payments will force 100,000 pensioners into poverty in 2026, according to the Government’s own estimates. Chancellor Rachel Reeves limited access to the benefit, worth up
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An education minister has admitted there has been an “unacceptable increase” in the number of children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders. These court orders allow a child to be
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Bridget Phillipson has said the Government will not “hesitate” to cap profits in children’s social care if firms fail to curb their gains, as another MP warned vulnerable children have
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The Welsh Lib Dems leader has said she will stay on after Sir Ed Davey hinted she should resign over her handling of a sexual abuse case while working for
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Stormont’s former health minister Robin Swann has admitted he did not provide sufficient direction in preparing for a surge in the number of critical cases during the early months of
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The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog. The Government department
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