A “wicked” stepmother has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years for cruelly abusing, poisoning and murdering her partner’s six-year-old son. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was left with
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The Government will not hesitate to take action off the back of a review into failings around the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Number 10 has said. The six-year-old was murdered
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A six-year-old boy murdered by his stepmother “was failed by the very authorities” tasked with keeping him safe, his grandmother has told a court ahead of the killers’ sentencing. Arthur
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An independent review is under way into the actions of social workers who found “no safeguarding concerns” for a boy who was murdered just two months later by his stepmother.
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Care groups and charities have welcomed the Government’s “vision” to improve social care but said more funding is urgently needed to deliver this and pull the sector “back from the
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The Government has announced a new repairs service to help older and disabled people live independently for longer in their own homes as part of key social care reforms. It
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A troubled boy’s placement in a children’s home is costing nearly £500,000 a year, a family court judge has said. The boy had been taken from the care of his
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Almost 400,000 people are on social care ‘waiting lists’, care bosses estimate, as they warn of a “rapidly deteriorating” situation for older and disabled people this winter. An estimated 204,241
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Struggles faced by people with Down’s Syndrome to access the care and services they need must end, the Government has said, as MPs backed a “world-leading” proposed law. The Down
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Boris Johnson’s proposed new cap on social care has moved a step closer to reality after a majority of MPs voted in favour of it in parliament. The cap, which
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