Campaign launched to ensure young carers in Scotland are claiming allowance
A new campaign has been launched to ensure Scotland’s young carers can get the help they are entitled to in a bid to save them from the added worry of
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LGBT activists call for thousands to join same-sex marriage march in Belfast
Same-sex marriage campaigners in Northern Ireland have urged thousands of people to take to the streets in protest against the DUP’s refusal to approve a law change. LGBT activists gathered
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Locations announced for five pioneer projects to tackle child inequalities in Wales
Five Children First pioneer projects will run in Cwm Taf, Gwynedd, Newport, Caerphilly and Carmarthenshire, Communities and Children Secretary, Carl Sargeant has announced. Children First is the name for children’s
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PM pledges ‘stability’ as speculation mounts over her future following ‘dreadful’ election
Theresa May will seek to stay on as Prime Minister and Tory leader despite failing to win a majority after her decision to hold a snap election backfired spectacularly. As
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Scottish Government launch New Health and Social Care Standards
Scotland’s new Health and Social Care Standards have been launched, with human rights at their core. The standards, which will be implemented on 1 April 2018, will apply to the
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10,000 NHS operations cancelled due to bed shortages, say Lib Dems
Thousands of operations have been cancelled because hospital beds are not available, the Liberal Democrats have said. New figures released by the party show that across 40 NHS organisations in
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Jeremy Corbyn puts tackling poverty at heart of programme for government
Jeremy Corbyn has said reducing poverty would be at the heart of his Labour government in his final broadcast interview before polling day. During an interview with the Big Issue,
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Tory ‘attack on pensioners’ could lead to almost 4000 more deaths, McDonnell
Conservative plans to means-test the winter fuel allowance for pensioners could lead to almost 4,000 more deaths this winter, Labour has claimed. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the Tory programme
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Scots mental health waiting-times targets missed for more than quarter of adults
Waiting-times targets for specialist mental health care are not being met for more than a quarter of adults and one in six youngsters, new figures have revealed. The data, which
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Thousands join with 80 charities coalition in petition to halt disability benefit cuts
More than 16,500 people and a coalition of 80 charities have signed a letter urging party leaders to put an end to disability benefit cuts. Paralympians Kadeena Cox and Anne
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