Home Secretary Theresa May has been criticised by the Court of Appeal for her department’s “glaring shortcomings” in a case in which a visitor from India won “over-the-top” damages for
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Councils could find themselves forced to cut services due to a potential shortfall in funding for major changes to the social care system, a spending watchdog has warned. The National
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The term austerity was “hijacked” by the left during the election campaign to “delude voters into thinking that some belt tightening and control of government spending was almost evil”, a
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has refused to rule out further cuts to adult social care in the new parliament. The Tory frontbencher said the Government would take “full account” of
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Six of England’s leading mental health organisations have joined forces to produce a plan for what the Government should do in the first 100 days of the new Parliament to
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Here are some of the key measures in the first Conservative-only Queen’s Speech in nearly two decades: :: EU Referendum Bill The centrepiece of the Government’s programme, this sets out
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The Government has said it cannot rule out implementing welfare reforms in Northern Ireland over the head of the devolved Assembly. Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers (pictured) said a budgetary
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The two rivals for the Liberal Democrat leadership have launched a campaign to block David Cameron’s plan to scrap the Human Rights Act. Norman Lamb and Tim Farron put aside
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The Prime Minister has appointed a Minister for Equalities who voted against legislation introducing same-sex marriage for a second time. Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage has been given a dual role
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A new £1m to plan to recruit new primary care support workers to help people diagnosed with dementia has been unveiled as part of a new Welsh Government drive to
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