Rishi Sunak has no plans to alter abortion laws despite calls for reform after a mother-of-three was jailed for using abortion tablets to end her pregnancy illegally during the coronavirus
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Opposition parties have renewed calls for an amendment to a Government law in order to close so-called “VIP lane” loopholes for public contracts. The proposed changes to the Procurement Bill
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Neighbours had raised concerns for months before a nine-year-old boy was killed by his mother and her partner, who have been convicted over his death, with a safeguarding review now
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A mother murdered her baby son by shaking him and striking his head on a hard surface, a court heard. Eloddie Goncalves, 33, told a 999 call handler “my son
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A teenage mother accused of murdering her newborn son has denied ever knowing she was pregnant, a court heard. Paris Mayo (pictured) is accused of inflicting complex skull fractures on
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More than 600 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in the highest number on a single day so far this year, new figures show. Some 616 people were
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Women’s rights groups have said there is “desperate need for legal reform” after a mother-of-three was jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown. Carla Foster,
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A 10-month-old baby was made to eat his own vomit and was “assaulted on a regular basis” by his mother and stepfather who went on to murder him, a trial
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A new National Care Service (NCS) could be launched on the 80th anniversary of the NHS – but there is no “quick fix for our social care emergency”, a report
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Social care leaders have warned that using volunteers to take medicines and prescriptions to people must not be a distraction to “systematic, Government-induced issues” impacting the struggling sector. A volunteer
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