Care Quality Commission staff start voting on whether to strike over pay
Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England will begin voting on Friday on whether to go on strike over pay. Unison said the staff, who inspect, monitor and
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Teenager and care manager mother jailed for ‘shocking’ machete killing sparked by gang rivalry
A mother and son have been jailed for killing a 17-year-old boy in a “shocking” machete attack sparked by petty gang rivalry. Levi Ernest-Morrison was chased and fatally stabbed in
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Partygate inquiry asked to make ‘minimal reference’ to events probed by police
Scotland Yard has asked for the Whitehall inquiry into allegations of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street to make only “minimal reference” to the events being investigated by police. The Metropolitan
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Government ‘reflecting’ on mandatory jabs as more than 127,000 still unvaccinated ahead of deadline
Tens of thousands of health and social care staff in England remain unvaccinated ahead of a deadline next week for frontline workers to get their first jab, figures suggest. Frontline
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Rise in families with children and domestic abuse suvivors assessed as homeless
More than one in four households in England assessed as homeless and in need of support between July and September last year contained children, figures show. Some 36,510 households were
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Unlimited care home visits allowed as England lifts face mask rules from next week
Limits on visitors to care homes in England will be scrapped from next week as the country moves towards living with coronavirus. From January 31, those living in care homes
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Woman arrested in connection with five-year-old’s death ‘known to family’ – police confirm
A woman arrested on suspicion of murdering a five-year-old boy is known to his family but is not his mother, police have said. The youngster was confirmed dead at the
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Zara McDermott highlights scourge of revenge porn at event to mark 50th anniversary of charity Refuge
Reality TV star Zara McDermott has spoken of her efforts to end the scourge of “revenge porn” as the Duchess of Cornwall celebrated the work of domestic abuse campaigners. Camilla
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Barnardo’s warn health reforms ‘could leave more children caring for loved ones without support’
More children could be forced to care for their sick loved ones without any support under the Government’s proposed health reforms, a leading charity has warned. The Health and Care
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Judge rules elderly Jewish man with dementia should move to Jewish care home after council disagreed
An 86-year-old Jewish man who is in the advanced stages of dementia and may have months left to live should move to a Jewish care home, a judge in a
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