A furious backlash has erupted after it emerged that only 350 lone child refugees will be brought to Britain from Europe under the so-called Dubs Amendment. The number is well
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Theresa May is coming under growing pressure to admit unaccompanied child refugees to the UK, after the Archbishop of Canterbury declared himself “saddened and shocked” by a decision to limit
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The Government has been urged to row back on “disastrous” plans to scrap bursaries for student nurses and midwives. Former shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said the decision to replace
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A Government plan to integrate health and social care is failing to save money or stem the rise in hospital admissions, a report has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO)
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A Tory-led authority has denied there was a secret deal struck with the Government over funding for social care after scrapping plans for a 15% hike. Jeremy Corbyn challenged Theresa
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Rotherham’s three Labour MPs have each won £54,000 damages from a Ukip politician over remarks she made about the town’s child abuse scandal. Sir Kevin Barron (pictured), MP for Rother
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The state must stop it’s so-called “nannying” of British parents and do away with universal free childcare, a new report has urged. Families most in need of help are not
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Thousands of low-income families who were stripped of their tax credits by a controversial US contractor are to have their cases reviewed, the Government has said. Concentrix, which was originally
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Plans for NHS trusts to charge overseas patients for non-urgent care up front lack detail, the doctors’ union has said. The British Medical Association has warned of possible “chaos and
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Students are turning their backs on nursing degrees in the wake of a Government decision to axe NHS bursaries, official figures suggest. Almost 10,000 fewer would-be nurses in England have
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