Unions representing 1.4 million workers in schools and councils have submitted a 10% pay claim. Unison, the GMB and Unite said the increase, which would see the lowest paid employees
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Hundreds of children face becoming homeless during the school summer holidays because of the housing crisis, council leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) estimates that 320 children in
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Council social services bosses have been criticised by a family court judge over the way they have handled the case of a baby girl whose parents are trying to turn
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A care worker jailed for life for the “brutal and ferocious” murder of 13-year-old Lucy McHugh had previously been detained for holding a group of youngsters and staff hostage at
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A probe is under way into how claims of abuse against 13-year-old Lucy McHugh were handled by social services in the months before she was murdered. The trial of Stephen
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A judge has decided against ruling that a woman with learning difficulties is no longer able to consent to making love with her husband of more than 25 years. Mr
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Campaigners involved in a “peaceful and lawful vigil” have told Court of Appeal judges that a 100-metre “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic infringes their right to protest. Ealing Council
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Council social services bosses have come under fire from a High Court judge over the way they handled the case of a 14-year-old boy with “complex needs” who left his
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A council has been ordered by the High Court to temporarily house a mother and her 12-week-old son to prevent them being made homeless ahead of a legal challenge. Camden
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Council social services staff have admitted failing to carry out a planned assessment of a boy who was murdered by his father shortly after his second birthday, a High Court
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