A mother whose three-year-old son was crushed to death by a car seat has been jailed for two years and nine months. Hairdresser Adrian Hoare, 24, from Gravesend in Kent,
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The gaps between the richest and poorest parts of the UK will widen without Government action, a former head of the Civil Service has warned. Lord Kerslake, who led the
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A list used by the Government to allocate skilled work visas should be expanded, a major review has concluded. Vets, web designers, architects and psychologists are among professions that should
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A healthcare worker has been left unable to have children naturally after a hospital removed the wrong fallopian tube during surgery. Chelsie Thomas had her left fallopian tube removed despite
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England has fallen behind other UK countries on adult social care spending, new analysis suggests. The country spent around a third less per person than Scotland and Wales in 2010/11,
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The funding system for English councils is “unsustainable” and the Government must take action to address it, a report has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said funding for
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Nurses are struggling to look after dying patients because of staff shortages, a survey suggests. Two-thirds of nurses (65%) said staffing levels are the main “barrier” to providing good care
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Councils will need to spend £6.1bn per year more in 2025 on adult social care services compared to what they were spending a decade ago, new figures reveal. England’s 36
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The former head of a charity for the disabled has pleaded not guilty to defrauding the pension scheme of the non-profit he ran. Patrick McLarry is accused of transferring more
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A convicted killer had threatened to attack and rape a woman around a month before going on to murder a “beautiful” Vietnamese mother-of-two, an inquest has heard. Nail technician Quyen
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