Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has called on Ruth Davidson to confront the Prime Minister on the UK Government’s controversial “rape clause”. The policy came into force last week as
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Thousands of disabled people who suffer from progressively worsening conditions will face reassessment for their benefits this year, new figures show. Campaigners and MPs are now demanding changes to stop
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Changes come into force today enabling people to keep more of their money if they are in Welsh residential care. The Welsh Government’s five year plan, “Taking Wales Forward”, committed
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The NHS could suffer a nursing shortage of up to 42,000 just six years after Brexit, a leaked Government projection claims. Concerns have been raised about the prediction – a
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Major changes to the benefits system coming into force on Thursday will condemn hundreds of thousands more children to poverty, charities have warned. The Children’s Society called on the Government
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Nuisance callers who target the elderly will be blocked by a new device installed in the homes of the most vulnerable, Theresa May has announced. Doctors, trading standards officials and
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The tax credits renewal process has been a “catastrophic failure” which caused unnecessary hardship and distress to people, a damning Commons report has found. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) insisted
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Hundreds of care workers will be supported to get necessary qualifications with more than £1 million funding from the Scottish Government. The funding will support 700 social service staff to
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The National Health Service (NHS) is the nation’s “national religion” but it is “in crisis”, a new report has concluded. A House of Lords committee report states the NHS is
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Ministers should review pay policy for NHS staff and the impact it has on workforce morale, peers have said. A new report from the House of Lords Select Committee on
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