Emergency measures to protect food supplies will see thousands of workers at up to 500 critical sites potentially avoid the need to self-isolate if identified as a contact of a
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Pro-choice campaigners have said the implementation of full abortion services in Northern Ireland is “long overdue”. But anti-abortion activists described it as a “black day” after Westminster intervened to order
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The DUP has said that a Westminster direction that Stormont must set up full abortion services in Northern Ireland has “undermined” devolution. But Sinn Fein, the Alliance Party and Green
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A “very narrow” list of sectors whose workers will be exempt from isolation rules will be published on Thursday, the Business Secretary has said as the Government struggles to contain
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NHS staff in England are to receive a 3% pay increase after a day of confusion ended with an announcement that the Government had accepted recommendations from the pay review
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A new Government strategy which includes faster diagnoses and better access to health and social care for autistic people is set to be launched. The aim is to try and
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Priti Patel has indicated street harassment such as wolf-whistling could become a specific crime as plans to better protect women and girls widespread safety concerns are unveiled. The Home Secretary
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The first meeting to establish the values of a National Care Service in Scotland has been held between politicians and people with experience of the social care system. Health Secretary
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Reforming the social care system could boost the UK economy by up to £20 billion a year by helping disabled people into work, charity research suggests. Making social care more
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Charities have urged the Government to overhaul its “woefully flawed” welfare assessment process for people with disabilities. Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson published a Green Paper in the House
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