Outsourcing giant Serco has been fined £19.2 million and £3.7 million in costs as part of a settlement with the Serious Fraud Office over its electronic tagging scandal. The firm
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Doctors are “handling the backlash” around the use of medicinal cannabis after patients’ expectations were unfairly raised by poor Government communication, a Parliamentary report has said. Relationships between doctors and
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Parents are having to find up to £800 extra to cover the cost of childcare over the summer holidays, new analysis suggests. Childcare costs rise during the school holidays when
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A “made-up policy fudge” is bringing significant financial hardship to terminally ill people struggling to access benefits, according to a report. The Government’s definition of terminal illness as when a
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Sexual abuse survivors have been “curled up on the floor crying” during their benefits assessment, MPs have heard. Labour’s Ruth George highlighted the wider impact of the benefits system on
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Victims of slavery and trafficking are being held in immigration detention centres for “administrative convenience”, MPs have been told. The Commons Home Affairs Committee heard the claim during its inquiry
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Up to 1,800 nursery places will be created as part of a Government drive to improve childhood literacy and communication in early years. The school-based places will be created in
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Councils are “completely in the dark” about how much funding they will receive next year, town hall leaders have warned, as a survey suggested a third fear their funding to
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The Government has made a “firm commitment” to new NHS plans to improve cancer survival and increase mental health support, despite fears of spending pressures in coming years. The Health
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Grants should be available to help the “most vulnerable” cope with delays in Universal Credit payments without having to resort to foodbanks, MPs have heard. Change UK acting leader Heidi
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