Charities and councils have warned that the Government’s decision not to protect funding for local welfare assistance schemes will make life harder for poor people facing financial crisis. Local government
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Substantial numbers of disabled people are missing out on government support to help them work, MPs have found. Inadequate funding and a lack of awareness of the Access to Work
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A number of alleged victims of child sexual abuse have said they will withdraw from the inquiry into the issue unless the Government makes major changes to it. The inquiry
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The plans set out by George Osborne in his Autumn Statement will mean Government spending cuts “on a colossal scale” after the General Election, the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies
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The inquiry into the handling of child sex abuse allegations by public bodies which has been plagued with difficulties from the outset will not have a chair in place until
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Child abuse victims are being put through “unbearable torture” by the “snail pace” at which the Government’s inquiry into the handling of paedophile activity by public bodies is progressing, a
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The prosecutor in the trial of Rolf Harris will lead an inquiry into allegations that two Government departments were involved in a conspiracy to cover up child abuse. Foreign Secretary
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An influential group of MPs has rejected Theresa May’s suggestion that they nominate candidates to chair the historic child abuse inquiry, labelling the idea as “totally inappropriate”. The Home Secretary
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A scheme to slash £1 billion from NHS costs by reducing unnecessary hospital visits for OAPs has been branded a “shambles” after a spending watchdog said it was unlikely even
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No evidence of organised attempts by the Home Office to conceal child abuse has been found by a key review into the department’s handling of historic allegations. The review by
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