A council has said sorry over failings in its dealings with Parsons Green bomber Ahmed Hassan. The 18-year-old, who lived in Sunbury, Surrey, told immigration officials he had trained with
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People toiling against their will in factories, farms and restaurants in Britain today are “slaves just as much as any slave ever was”, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The Labour leader
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A scheme which helps provide practical and emotional support for young people leaving care only has enough funding for one in five, councils have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA)
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Adult social care costs could account for half of the local taxes raised by councils unless ministers rethink their local government funding reforms, a leading economic think tank has warned.
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An autistic girl at risk of harming herself in her “dangerous” family home has won a High Court action for an immediate review of her living situation. The six-year-old, who
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An independent task force set up in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has accused Kensington and Chelsea Council of failing to take effective action to help survivors of
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The number of households in England in temporary accommodation has increased by nearly two thirds since the start of the decade, Government figures show. On December 31 last year 78,930
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A mental health patient died from a drug overdose after he was discharged by a mental health service due to missing an appointment, according to the health ombudsman. The case
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Five children whose parents have a history of drug abuse and can no longer look after them should go into care and be split up, a family court judge has
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Services for children and young people in East Ayrshire are performing well and delivering very good outcomes for children, young people and their families, inspectors have said. Across nine quality
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