England’s “ravaged” adult social care sector urgently needs more money from Government before the year is out, MPs have warned. A cash injection and a long-term plan is needed to
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Funding has been allocated to 16 faith groups as part of a £1.3 million pilot to build on community support for vulnerable people during the pandemic. The Department for Levelling
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The number of people dying a drug-related death in Scotland has fallen for the first time since 2013, official statistics show. Some 1,330 people lost their lives from drugs misuse
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Vulnerable children are going without vital support because there are not enough social workers or appropriate homes to meet their needs, a regulator has warned. Problems in recruiting and keeping
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“Woefully inadequate” record-keeping by the Government makes it “impossible” to have confidence that all its Covid-19 testing contracts with Randox were awarded properly, MPs have said. In a highly critical
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Scottish and Welsh ministers have made a joint call for the UK to extend safeguards against gender-based violence to migrant women. The move came after the Home Office announced partial
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Social care workers need to be “better paid and more highly regarded” rather than earning less than dog walkers, a former deputy prime minister has said. In a report published
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The adult disability payment has expanded into seven more areas ahead of a national rollout at the end of next month. People in Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Fife, Moray, East Ayrshire, North
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Persistent understaffing in the NHS is creating a serious risk to patient safety, MPs have said in a damning report. The cross-party Health and Social Care Committee said health and
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Liz Truss’ plans to give stay-at-home parents a tax break will cause “a mass exodus of women from the workforce”, campaigners have said. The Conservative leadership contender (pictured) has proposed
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