A Conservative government would continue with its plans to cap social care costs from late next year, the party’s manifesto has stated. Adult social care takes up only around 100
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A baby girl found abandoned in a shopping bag in east London earlier this year has two siblings who were found in similar circumstances in 2017 and 2019, it can
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Day-to-day care for adults in need, including the elderly and disabled, would be free under a Liberal Democrat government, the party has pledged. Leader Sir Ed Davey described the issue
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Two councils have withdrawn separate proposed legal challenges over Home Office plans to house asylum seekers at former RAF bases. West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) and Braintree District Council (BDC)
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A Dorset resident has lost a legal challenge over a council’s decision not to consider using its powers over the mooring of the Bibby Stockholm in waters off its coastline,
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A review of efforts to safeguard Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has said it is difficult to understand why police did not step in after being sent a photograph of bruising suggesting he
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Most of the unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who went missing on the Government’s watch, and are still missing, are now 18, a Home Office minister has said. Lord Sharpe of Epsom
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A support programme for babies and their families in England must have a guaranteed minimum level of long-term funding, a watchdogs’ review has said. The Start for Life programme offers
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The number of asylum seekers needing help for homelessness in England after having been in supported accommodation has jumped sharply in a year. Official figures published on Tuesday showed the
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The number of children living in temporary accommodation has reached another record high, while people needing help for homelessness due to no-fault evictions has also reached a new peak. A
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