Any new unaccompanied migrant children arriving on small boats will now be left with Border Force after Kent County Council announced it has reached capacity. Large numbers of migrant children
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Kent County Council has reached its capacity to care for asylum-seeking children arriving on its shores, its leader has said. The council issued a statement quoting Roger Gough as saying:
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Kent County Council is just “days away” from being unable to look after more asylum seeking children arriving on its shores, its leader fears. Roger Gough said about 420 unaccompanied
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A joint national and local approach to coronavirus testing and contact tracing needs “a change in flow of resources” to help councils cover the costs of trying to reach people,
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More than 65% of people with a learning disability had their social care slashed by at least half during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey suggests. Charity Mencap asked 1,069 people
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A family court judge was wrong to rule that three children taken into council care pending the outcome of legal proceedings could not spend time with their mother following lockdown,
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A 14-year-old girl who has been “gravely neglected” at home during lockdown must have treatment for a life-threatening illness as a matter of urgency, a High Court judge has said.
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A radical restructuring of social care is needed after the coronavirus pandemic, according to councils, charities and health organisations. The Government needs to publish a timetable for social care reform
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Labour peer Lord Boateng said he had “no recollection” of ever meeting paedophile Michael John Carroll or visiting the London children’s home he ran. Speaking at the Independent Inquiry into
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Public sector workers on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic will be given a pay rise, the Chancellor has announced. Doctors, teachers and police officers are among
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