The failure to secure a single conviction for female genital mutilation (FGM) has been condemned as “lamentable” by a Commons committee. MPs warned the practice was a “hidden crime” which
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Ministers have rejected claims the Government’s Troubled Families initiative has been “a failure” and insisted it was successful. The Government was forced to defend the flagship programme after criticism was
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The Government is being urged to improve the new Child Maintenance Service (CMS) after complaints it is not safe for domestic abuse survivors. Charity Women’s Aid and single parents’ campaign
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Theresa May has announced £80 million of funding for youth projects in England in the latest stage of her drive to create a “great meritocracy”. The Prime Minister’s announcement, which
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The future of the NHS is in danger along with the principle of universal healthcare free at the point of delivery, it has been warned. Labour peer Viscount Hanworth also
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Scammers who target the elderly should face tougher criminal sentences, a Conservative MP has demanded. Nusrat Ghani (Weldon) has called for a new criminal offence of elder-abuse to be created
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Safe houses for women and children escaping domestic violence are to be exempted from the Government’s planned welfare cuts, Theresa May has said. The Prime Minister came under pressure from
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Former head of the independent child sexual abuse inquiry Dame Lowell Goddard resigned “because she found it too much for her”, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has suggested. A Commons committee
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Keith Vaz has quit as head of one of the most influential House of Commons committees after becoming embroiled in a rent boy scandal. The high profile MP said “those
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Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled a package of legislation aimed at boosting Scotland’s economy in the wake of the Brexit vote, but has also pledged the “immediate introduction” of legislation for
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