A family of five were forced to spend three years living in a single hotel room while their local council failed to help them find permanent accommodation, a watchdog said.
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Court of Appeal judges say a man who was earlier found to have “sexually interfered” with his teenage daughter is owed an apology. They say “findings of fact” by a
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A group of 20 NHS hospital trusts has launched a legal bid for business rates relief in a landmark case that could save under-pressure hospitals nearly £300 million a year.
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Child sexual abuse involving pupils at Knowl View happened from its early years onwards and continued for 20 years, an independent panel found. The council-run residential school in Rochdale was
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A Labour councillor said to have lied to an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in Rochdale is facing a possible police investigation. Richard Farnell told a panel last year
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A west London council will vote on whether it will become the first in the country to create a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic to prevent patients from intimidation.
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The grandfather of murdered Ellie Butler said he is disappointed that social services and other agencies involved in the six-year-old’s care have not faced criticism after an inquest into her
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About 1.4 million council workers and school support workers are set to receive a 2% pay rise following a consultation with staff. Two of the three unions involved have accepted
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Ealing Council has banned anti-abortion protesters from demonstrating outside a clinic which provides terminations to pregnant women. The council’s cabinet voted unanimously in favour of allowing a Public Spaces Protection
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Cuts to local authority budgets mean councils are spending £137 a year less per head on average, new analysis shows. Figures from the Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre, commissioned by Labour,
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