Prisons Minister Rory Stewart has sought to play down reports that convicted sex offenders have been housed in budget hotel chains upon their release from prison. Mr Stewart (pictured), who
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A spending squeeze on councils is creating an “untenable and unsustainable” situation, ministers have been told. The Government heard that its austerity drive had left some local authorities struggling “to
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A woman who coached her three children to say “negative things” about their father without justification must have the youngsters taken from her care, a family court judge has ruled.
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Convicted sex offenders who should have been closely monitored in bail hostels have instead been housed in budget hotel chains on their release from prison, inspectors have found. A shock
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Ofsted has been accused of scrutinising young Muslim girls who wear the hijab because they want to “look like their mum”. Labour MP Shabana Mahmood grilled Amanda Spielman on the
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A common gum disease bug plays a “central role” in the development of Alzheimer’s, scientists claim. The new evidence that infectious bacteria drive Alzheimer’s progression could potentially transform current thinking
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The Church of England’s annual safeguarding budget has risen from around £50,000 to £7 million, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. The Most Rev Justin Welby added that the church
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Thousands of people on benefits are being “unlawfully discriminated against” under a controversial Government welfare scheme, the High Court has heard. In a test case over Universal Credit (UC), three
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The deaths of up to 250 patients who died following heart surgery at an NHS hospital are to be reviewed. All the patients underwent surgery at St George’s Hospital in
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A 15-year-old with a rare brain tumour is to undergo pioneering proton beam therapy at the UK’s first dedicated NHS treatment centre. Mason Kettley, from Angmering in West Sussex, will
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