Persistent poverty affects one in five children in the UK, according to a new study. While some children only experience poverty for part of their childhood, a fifth live with
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More than 1,700 people are facing legal action over debts for their social care, a new study suggests. Research by the GMB union indicated that 130,000 people are “trapped” in
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Oxfam is blighted by “systemic failures” and “toxic working environments” in which safeguarding is compromised and bullies can act with virtual impunity, a root-and-branch examination of the charity’s global practices
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A therapist who helped the victims of the 7/7 London bombings overcome their post-traumatic stress is behind a trio of new mindfulness albums. Martin Weaver, a neurolinguistic psychotherapist, worked with
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A series of significant failings were made in the care of two vulnerable patients who died at an NHS mental health trust, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has
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Patients are being put at risk and suffering harm due to the continued failure to hit NHS waiting-times targets, MPs say. A damning report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
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Oxfam has apologised for its “shameful” actions after a report found allegations that staff working in disaster zones sexually abused children were not fully disclosed. The Charity Commission for England
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A lodger who killed three young children at their home before hanging their bodies on garden railings has been released from prison, the victims’ mother has said. David McGreavy (pictured)
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Victims have lined up to describe a “conveyor belt of abuse” suffered at the hands of “pure evil” coach Bob Higgins who sexually abused schoolboy football players over a 25-year
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The man accused of lying about a Westminster VIP paedophile gang faced household debts of £70,000 the year before he made his allegations to police, and was later paid £22,000
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