Vulnerable young people being failed at a cost of £23bn a year, MPs warn
Vulnerable young people are being failed at a cost of £23 billion a year, MPs have warned, as they called on the Government to report annually for the first time
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Windrush victim brings compensation fight with Home Office to the High Court
A victim of the Windrush scandal left stranded and destitute in Jamaica for a decade is bringing a High Court challenge against the Government over his level of compensation. Vernon
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Government tackled by Tory grandee over missed pledge to ‘fix social care’
A Tory former cabinet minister has questioned the wisdom of the Government going into the next general election without delivering on its promise to “fix social care”. Challenging his own
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Government decide not to challenge judgment that rules on immigration status of EU citizens
A court judgment that rules affecting millions of EU citizens living in the UK under a scheme designed to settle their immigration status after Brexit are unlawful will not be
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Sturgeon’s successor should drop National Care Service Bill, say opposition MSPs
Nicola Sturgeon’s successor should drop plans for a National Care Service (NCS), Scottish Labour and the Liberal Democrats have said. The two parties said the Bill for a new, centralised
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Government ‘should do more to help women facing abuse in cost-of-living crisis’
More than half of people believe the Government should be doing more to support services for women and children affected by abuse amid the cost-of-living crisis, a survey suggests. The
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Nicola Sturgeon announces shock resignation as First Minister, saying ‘the time is now’
Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will stand down after eight years as First Minister, telling a press conference “the time is now”. In a shock announcement on Wednesday, the SNP
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‘Considerable unease’ over Covid inquiry PR firms that worked for Government during pandemic
There is “considerable unease” among families bereaved by Covid about the national inquiry into the pandemic hiring PR firms who previously worked for the UK Government, the chairwoman was told.
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Politicians urged to take clear stand against violence towards asylum seekers
Political leaders must “take a clear stand” and condemn violence against asylum seekers, charities have said, as they warned of a high risk that disorder seen at the weekend could
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Labour hit out at ‘lavish’ Government spending as procurement card purchases revealed
Ministers are facing accusations of overseeing a “lavish spending” culture in Whitehall that has seen taxpayers’ money wasted on luxury items, after a Labour analysis of the use of Government
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