Ellie Butler’s grandfather vowed her death “cannot have been in vain” as he described her murderer father as a “brutal maniac” in an inquest into her death. The six-year-old girl
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People toiling against their will in factories, farms and restaurants in Britain today are “slaves just as much as any slave ever was”, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The Labour leader
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An autistic girl at risk of harming herself in her “dangerous” family home has won a High Court action for an immediate review of her living situation. The six-year-old, who
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A father convicted of murdering his daughter 11 months after she was put back in his care has denied causing her “any injury” at an inquest into her death. Ben
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An independent task force set up in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has accused Kensington and Chelsea Council of failing to take effective action to help survivors of
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to investigate the “totally unacceptable” claim that nurses’ wages were downgraded to pay off PFI bills. Whipps Cross Hospital in east London is said to
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Murdered Ellie Butler was so scared of being returned to her abusive parents that she hid under a table every time the doorbell rang, an inquest has heard. Ben Butler
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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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Foreign nationals have been kept in Britain’s largest immigration removal centre for as long as four years, a watchdog report reveals. Detainees were held in “prison-like” conditions at the facility
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Victims of black cab rapist John Worboys begin a High Court challenge against what they describe as the “irrational” decision to release him from jail. Three judges in London will
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