A children’s charity has said Scotland’s care system must “evolve” in a new report one year on from the announcement of an independent review into the sector. Action for Children
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The Stormont Assembly’s controversy-hit Speaker has said he will not stand for the position again, as he rejected claims he misled the chamber. Democratic Unionist MLA Robin Newton has been
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A series of cuts to frontline health services in Northern Ireland have been averted in the short-term after an additional £40 million was diverted from other Stormont departments. The region’s
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A cap on care home costs would remove the “catastrophic risk facing us all”, the economist who carried out a landmark review of the issue has said. Sir Andrew Dilnot
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Labour has accused the Government of pressing on with its so-called “dementia tax” reforms after a minister said taxpayers should not be “propping up” people to keep their own homes
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There has been a “worrying” fall in the number of nurses working in the NHS, new analysis from an influential think tank has found. The King’s Fund said there were
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Children’s services are at a “tipping point”, with record numbers of youngsters now in care, town hall bosses have warned. The equivalent of 90 youngsters a day are entering the
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Poor families could end up missing out on 30 hours of free childcare a week if the new Government policy is not properly funded, an early years leader is warning.
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The Scottish Government has been urged to bring in new legislation to outlaw the “shameful” and “immoral” practice of sex for rent deals. The SNP conference in Glasgow unanimously passed
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Former detainees and a charity have won a challenge against a Government policy change on torture said to have led to asylum seekers fleeing persecution being wrongly detained in UK
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