Downing Street has declined to apologise after Boris Johnson provoked anger when he suggested “too many” care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus pandemic. The Prime Minister’s
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Millions of Covid-19 tests are not being recorded, according to new Government data. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed that since testing started a total of 10.5
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An emergency relaxation of abortion rules to allow women to take pills at home during the coronavirus pandemic could be made permanent, according to the Government. Home Office minister Victoria
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Care providers have rejected comments from the Prime Minister that “too many” care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus pandemic, calling them “neither accurate nor welcome”. Boris
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The UK’s social care system “needs a huge amount of work” and has been “broken for a long time”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader made the comments
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The British Medical Association has criticised the Government over reports that millions of items of personal protective equipment (PPE) were found to be faulty. The Department of Health and Social
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Prominent politicians, businessmen and police officers are alleged to have been involved in the filming of sexual assaults against children in care, an inquiry has heard. Some of the abuse
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Two senior Conservative MPs are trying to force the Government to automatically grant EU children in care settled status in the UK when freedom of movement is ended. Former minister
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A phased return to visiting at care homes across Scotland has been announced by Health Secretary Jeane Freeman. Only essential visits have been permitted so far during lockdown. Ms Freeman
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NHS and care workers from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds have been treated like “cannon fodder” during the Covid-19 pandemic, ministers have been told. Labour’s Rushanara Ali (pictured)
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