Councils have warned that many remain at risk of effective bankruptcy despite the Government making £64 billion in funding available next year. The local government finance settlement guarantees every council
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Baroness Michelle Mone has insisted ministers knew about her involvement with a PPE firm “from the very beginning”, as she faced calls to step back permanently from the House of
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Proposals to bring in professional registration of all staff in children’s homes are being considered in a bid to ensure young people “are kept safe, have their needs met and
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Baroness Michelle Mone has admitted she did not tell the truth about her links to PPE firm Medpro, but insisted that she and her husband have “no case to answer”.
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A charity taking legal action against the Government over its use of a former RAF airbase as asylum accommodation said its efforts are a bid to “literally safeguard people’s lives”.
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A care leader has questioned the Health Secretary’s claim that people within the sector are “broadly relaxed” about changes banning international care workers from bringing dependants when they come to
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Councils have warned the Prime Minister of a surge in effective bankruptcies unless he makes a last-minute intervention to boost next year’s financial settlement for local government. A letter from
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A dedicated ministerial position for disabled people must be reinstated, charities said as they accused the Government of “downgrading” the role. Mims Davies (pictured) said she is “honoured” to have
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The social care sector is “broadly relaxed” about changes which will see international care workers banned from bringing dependants when they come to the UK, the Health Secretary has said.
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Seventeen organisations have come together in a call for the Scottish Government to increase mental health funding. Bipolar Scotland, the Royal College of GPs, Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH),
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