More than a third of people who asked their local authority for help remained or became homeless due to a lack of affordable housing, a report suggests. Some 38% of
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MPs have launched an inquiry to establish how much money the social care sector needs to avoid shortages. The Health and Social Care Committee will look at how much extra
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A Government department is conducting a review after it was found to have lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain. BBC Panorama said its
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A former Scottish Government official has told a court she felt “hunted” by Alex Salmond moments before an alleged attempted rape in Bute House. The former first minister of Scotland
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The Scottish Government has set up a new fund that aims to reduce the harms associated with prostitution, as well as reducing men’s demand for it. A total of £100,000
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The coronavirus outbreak could lead to a fifth of workers being absent, cause the police to drop low-priority cases and force the NHS to delay non-urgent care, according to the
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Priti Patel is under renewed pressure from Labour to quit as Home Secretary over allegations that she bullied officials in her department. Diane Abbott insisted Ms Patel should stand down
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More than 4,000 nursery staff need to be recruited to allow for the increase in free early learning and childcare (ELC) hours later this year, Audit Scotland has said. Reviewing
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Widespread transmission of coronavirus in the UK is “highly likely”, Public Health England (PHE) has warned, as the Prime Minister gathers ministers for an emergency Cobra meeting. Professor Paul Cosford,
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A decision to destroy Government reviews into cases where benefit claimants killed themselves has been branded “secretive and unsatisfactory” by a senior MP. Stephen Timms, chairman of the Commons work
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