A Government plan to X-ray child asylum seekers to check their age could put them at risk of harm from radiation and cause distress, advisers have warned. The scientific advisory
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“Tacked-on” funding to buy extra care beds in the community and speed up the discharge of hospital patients will not address the long-term root problems plaguing the health and social
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Rishi Sunak’s administration stood accused by a Labour MP of being the “most authoritarian Government in Britain in living memory” as the business secretary set out new laws requiring minimum
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Scotland’s hospitals are “almost completely full”, the First Minister has warned as she outlined measures to ease NHS pressures. In a news briefing alongside Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and the
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The millions spent by the Government on buying extra care home beds will not address the long-term root cause of the issues, a senior social care figure has said. Ministers
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A Government social mobility tsar has quit her role, citing the fact that she comes with “too much baggage” and was doing “more harm than good”. Katharine Birbalsingh, who was
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Lawyers say the Government is claiming more than £130 million after suing a firm at the centre of a row over the supply of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus
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Another local authority has threatened legal action over the housing of asylum seekers in hotels and accused the Home Office of persistently breaking planning rules. East Lindsey District Council has
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The Health Secretary has blamed high numbers of flu cases, Covid-19 and Strep A fears for the particular pressures the NHS faced over Christmas. Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior
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MSPs have voted to pass controversial gender legislation that allows transgender people to self-identify. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill passed by 86 votes to 39 on Thursday and will
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