“Under threat” social care systems in certain areas of England are set to receive a funding boost from the Government, Downing Street has indicated. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid (pictured) will
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Social care should be “front of the queue” for an injection of cash from the Government, the head of the NHS in England has said. Simon Stevens, chief executive of
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Widespread dismay has greeted the omission of any reference in the 2016 Autumn Statement to the parlous state of social care funding. While few expected any fresh announcements about more
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Hiking up council tax bills to cover the social care funding black hole will increase the postcode lottery in provision, Theresa May was warned amid speculation she will back steep
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Council budgets could be cut by £700 million by the end of the current Parliament, according to a new report. The study, commissioned by the Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP),
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Campaigners have praised an MP for her bravery after she revealed in the House of Commons that she was raped at the age of 14. Independent Michelle Thomson moved MPs
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The Home Office has extended its contract with G4S and Serco to provide asylum seekers with accommodation – despite controversy that some people were marked out by having their doors
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More than 70 MPs have written to the Prime Minister urging her to immediately ratify the Istanbul Convention which aims to end violence against women. It comes as the Commons
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The number of Sure Start children’s centres closing has increased every year since 2010 with 156 shutting in 2015 alone, official statistics show. Figures released by the Department for Education
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A “Claudia’s Law” to give families greater control over the affairs of missing people could be introduced in memory of the chef Claudia Lawrence. Ms Lawrence disappeared on her way
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