Boris Johnson faces a Tory backlash over plans to hike National Insurance to help fund social care reforms as Cabinet talks over the final details of the policy continued. The
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A Cabinet minister has stressed the need to ensure social care reforms are “adequately funded” as the Government considers a manifesto-breaking national insurance hike to cover the costs. With a
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Home care providers are refusing to take on hospital patients ready for discharge and those who need help in the community because they do not have enough staff. More than
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A report on child protection in religious organisations and settings shows that some groups have “catastrophically” failed to protect youngsters in their care, a lawyer has said. The Independent Inquiry
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A couple lost valuable time together after their local authority placed a woman in a care home against her wishes following a hospital stay, the Local Government and Social Care
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A “vulnerable” man gasped for air in the water after he was brutally attacked and pushed into a canal, a jury has heard. The body of Scott Anderton, 33, from
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The sexual abuse of children takes place in a broad range of religious settings, with some found to have no child protection policies in place, a report has found. Victim-blaming,
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Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called on the UK to follow the example of Israel and widen the group of those being offered a third coronavirus vaccine jab beyond
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Charities supporting people at high risk from coronavirus have welcomed the news that those with severely weakened immune systems will get a third dose of a vaccine. The top-up dose,
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A watchdog has raised “acute” concerns over how the Metropolitan Police investigates child abuse online and warned this could put youngsters in danger. Inspectors found probes into the viewing and
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