The family of a woman who “effectively starved to death” while in psychiatric care have won a High Court fight for a new inquest into her death. Jennifer Lewis, 45,
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The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed she advised a parent whose daughter was the victim of domestic abuse, telling them: “It’s OK you can talk about it”. Camilla’s spoke about
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One of the victims of paedophile monk Peter Turner has said the abuse he suffered at his hands is just as likely to kill him as disease or old age.
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The Duchess of Cambridge has praised a cafe run by homelessness charity Social Bite for “making a real difference”. Kate, known as the Countess of Strathearn while in Scotland, heard
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The solution to rough sleeping is simply providing enough affordable housing, a director at one of the UK’s largest homelessness charities has said. Speaking after collecting an MBE at Buckingham
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Carers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight are ready to work and should be paid minimum wage for their whole shift, Supreme Court
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Councils across England are being reminded by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman of their duties under the Care Act to administer ‘top-up fees’ for people contributing towards relatives’
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A former monk at a Catholic boarding school who continued to abuse young boys after confessing to having sexual contact with a pupil has been jailed for more than 20
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A human rights body is threatening the Government with legal action over its “repeated failure” to give people with learning difficulties and autism the appropriate accommodation. The Equality and Human
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The Government has announced plans to ban local authorities from placing vulnerable children in unregulated accommodation amid growing concern over grooming and county lines drug gangs. Under the plans, all
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