The Government has failed to properly implement about half of the child safety online recommendations made a decade ago, the charity says. Professor Tanya Byron made a series of “urgent
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The Government is in the dark over how many people have been stopped from working with children or vulnerable adults as a result of disclosures made in background checks, a
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said care workers are “grossly underpaid” and pledged £8 billion of extra funding for social care if elected. He made the comments during a visit
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The Labour leader of Haringey Council is quitting after condemning “sexist and bullying” behaviour during a bitter party battle over a controversial redevelopment scheme. Claire Kober will not seek re-election
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A Government minister has described claims from an SNP MP that people have “taken their own lives as a result of Government’s benefit policies” as “appalling and unsubstantiated”. Work and
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MSPs have passed a law to ensure women make up at least half the board members for all public authorities. The Scottish Parliament voted by 88 to 28 in favour
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The Westminster strand of the wide-ranging child sex abuse inquiry should not investigate whether or not high-profile individuals such as former prime minister Sir Edward Heath were paedophiles, a hearing
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The NHS should strive for “zero suicides” throughout its mental health services in England, the Health Secretary has said, as he described the suicide rate as a “litmus test” for
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Refugees are struggling to integrate into British life because of restrictions on bringing their relatives to the country, campaigners claim. Oxfam and the Refugee Council called on the Government to
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Voters in Ireland will be going to the polls in May to cast their vote on liberalising the country’s restrictive abortion laws. The Irish Government has formally backed proposals to
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