Care Quality Commission staff to be balloted on industrial action over pay
Staff at the Care Quality Commission are to be balloted for possible strikes in a dispute over pay. Members of Unison will vote in the new year after the union
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UK asylum claims at highest level for nearly 20 years with backlog in cases also at record high
Asylum claims in the UK have hit their highest level for nearly 20 years, fuelled by soaring Channel migrant crossings and a rise in numbers following the coronavirus pandemic. The
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‘Shocked and appalled’ PM urges France to do more after migrant boat sinks with loss of 27 lives
Boris Johnson has urged France to step up efforts to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Channel after a boat capsized off the French coast with the loss of
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Teenager gifts more than 1,000 care packages to remind vulnerable people ‘that they are wanted’
A teenager from Buckinghamshire has sent homemade care packages to more than 1,000 people over the last year. Alice Rose, 18, who posts Positivity Boxes stocked with jewellery, hygiene products
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PM fronting ‘pickpocketing operation’ to introduce ‘a working-class dementia tax’, says Starmer
Boris Johnson is fronting a “pickpocketing operation” to introduce a “working-class dementia tax” via his social care reforms, according to Sir Keir Starmer. The Labour leader (pictured) repeatedly pressed the
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Supreme Court judges uphold ruling on mental capacity for sexual consent
Judges asked to decide whether someone has the mental capacity to engage in sex should assess whether he or she can understand that the other person involved must be able
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New figures show nearly 50,000 calls to domestic abuse helpline – a 22% rise during pandemic
Calls to the national domestic abuse helpline rose by more than a fifth during the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. There were 49,756 calls to the helpline, run by Refuge, in
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‘Tragedy’ that calls for social care winter funding have ‘fallen on deaf ears’, ADASS president
It is a “tragedy” that calls for emergency funding to stabilise the social care sector over the winter seem to have “fallen on deaf ears”, a boss in the industry
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Police at murder scene of social worker and sister are sacked from force after ‘shameful’ messages
Two police officers who took “shameful” crime scene photos and described murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman as “dead birds” on social media have been sacked following a tribunal.
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Inquiry hears of ‘culture of abuse’ and shocking treatment at scandal-hit immigration centre
A public inquiry into abuse allegations at a detention centre has heard how a BBC expose revealed “shocking” treatment which has “no place in a decent and humane” immigration system.
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