Welsh people were treated like “second-class citizens” by the UK Government during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. Baroness Eluned Morgan, the Welsh Labour health minister – who took over
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The UK Government not sharing information led to delays in introducing testing for care home residents in Wales during the pandemic, an inquiry has been told. Vaughan Gething (pictured), the
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The number of potential victims of modern slavery referred into the system reached a record level last year, with referrals for women and children both at all-time highs. Some 17,004
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The Home Office’s explanation for not consulting on its ban on foreign care workers bringing family members to the UK was “unconvincing”, a Lords committee said adding that it had
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Efforts to tackle violence by police against women and girls require “urgent improvement”, the human rights watchdog has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said there is more
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Jeremy Hunt cut national insurance in a pre-election giveaway, but living standards remain squeezed and millions of people face being dragged into higher tax bands. The Chancellor said the 2p
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Jeremy Hunt’s Budget was branded “incredibly disappointing” by some, with the social care and homelessness sectors among those saying they had missed out. Here is a flavour of the reaction
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Ministers have been urged to give assurances over the future of the delayed cap on social care costs, amid a “cloud of anxiety” worrying families. Conservative MP Tom Hunt said
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A former rough sleeper has told the homelessness minister not enough is being done to help people on the streets who he said were given “false hope” when the Government
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Covid was “not the top priority” for the Welsh government in early 2020, an inquiry has been told. Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales, said in written evidence to
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