Campaigners have welcomed a ruling by the UK’s highest court in the case of a mother-of-four forced into homelessness after she was unable to afford her rent. Terryann Samuels was
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) must change the way it inspects services to ensure it detects cases of patient abuse, its chief executive has said. Some individuals appear to be
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Social services bosses have halted family court proceedings against the parents of an injured baby after specialists concluded that the little boy had probably been accidentally hurt. The infant suffered
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“Pure evil” paedophile ex-coach Bob Higgins has been jailed for 24 years and three months for sexually abusing schoolboy football players during a 25-year period. The 66-year-old, who ran the
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A 27-year-old man has been arrested after a member of nursing staff was attacked with a pair of scissors in a hospital A&E. Police were called to reports of a
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The number of older people living with dementia hit a record high last month, new figures show. A total of 453,881 over-65s were living with the condition in May, NHS
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A charity that cut ties with a transgender model just days after revealing her as the face of one of its campaigns has issued an apology. The NSPCC ended its
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The chaplain of a top private school has been jailed for 12 years for abusing nine pupils across three decades. Gary Dobbie (pictured) was found guilty last month of four
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The Work and Pensions Secretary has told MPs “there are many reasons why someone might use a food bank” in a defence of Universal Credit. Amber Rudd appeared to row
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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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