An older woman was left in temporary accommodation that was ‘at best shabby, dirty and in disrepair,’ miles away from her GP and social networks because Rother District Council had
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Becky Watts reported feeling “scared” of being abducted to social workers more than three years before she was murdered in a sexually motivated kidnap plot, a report has revealed. The
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A council has extended formal condolences to the grandfather of Ellie Butler, who was beaten to death by her father after being taken from her grandparents’ care. Ellie was battered
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The leader of Telford and Wrekin Council will call for the Home Secretary to launch an independent public inquiry into child sexual exploitation amid claims of up to 1,000 abuse
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Chancellor Philip Hammond has hinted he will turn on the spending tap in this autumn’s Budget after positive public finance figures pointed to “light at the end of the tunnel”
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John McDonnell has accused Philip Hammond of being “cut off from the real world” as he warned public sector workers have been “ignored again” by the Government. The shadow chancellor
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How long men and women enjoy a healthy life can vary by more than 25 years depending on the individual part of a town or city in which they live,
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Cash-strapped councils are “raiding their rainy day funds” to cope with growing demand on social services, the public spending watchdog has said. Government funding for local authorities has fallen by
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A nurse has been left with lawyers’ bills of nearly £20,000 despite winning the latest round of a court fight with council bosses over the care or her child. Three
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Ministers have ruled out imposing measures that could have resulted in school secretaries, caterers and caretakers facing jail if they failed to raise the alarm about child abuse. In 2016
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