A compensation scheme for people whose lives were devastated by the Windrush scandal has been criticised for being slow and inefficient, as the latest figures show hundreds of cases have
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Care home residents and hospital patients will be able to have visitors in all circumstances under plans for new regulations aimed at stopping access to loved ones being unfairly denied.
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A Conservative former health minister said “making money is not a crime” as he defended the VIP lane for coronavirus-related contracts that saw some politically-connected firms make huge profits. Lord
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Most English councils are not confident they can offer the minimum social care support in their communities required by law, according to new research. More than three-quarters (76%) of directors
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A paranoid schizophrenic who killed three elderly men but was cleared of murder by reason of insanity has taken legal action after trial jurors raised concern about “failings in care”,
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The grandmother of a five-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at his home has pleaded guilty to his manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Warwick Crown Court was told
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The Government must do more to support disabled people to stay in work, campaigners have said. Research released on Tuesday by the Business Disability Forum (BDF), a non-profit membership organisation
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George Osborne has rejected claims his austerity programme while chancellor depleted the NHS as he suggested his cuts better prepared Britain to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The Conservative former MP
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Tens of thousands of people with cancer have experienced delays to vital cancer checks and tests over the last decade, a charity has claimed. Macmillan Cancer Support said that cancer
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Fewer than half of councils serving some of England’s poorest communities are confident they will meet their budgets this year, a survey has found. In a dire warning of the
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