A former Labour MP has been appointed to chair women’s rights group the Fawcett Society. Fiona Mactaggart (pictured), who spent 20 years in Parliament before standing down at the 2017
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A judge has raised concerns after a woman had to appear in the same family court as an ex-partner she had accused of raping her. District Judge Simon Read said
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A woman who left her home in England when pregnant and travelled to Ireland to “escape the clutches” of social workers has lost the latest stage of a family court
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Social services dismissed two sisters as “troublesome teenagers” when they were told of sexual abuse at the hands of their mother and stepfather, and returned them repeatedly to their care,
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Hospital staff did not spot an eight-year-old boy’s rare but life-threatening illness in the hours following his admission, an inquest has heard. Callum Cartlidge, described by his headteacher, as a
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Promises made to people caught up in the Windrush scandal must be guaranteed in law as a matter of urgency, David Lammy has said in an impassioned speech to MPs.
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Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary amid claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants. Ms Rudd telephoned Theresa May to tell her of the decision amid
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Campaigners have taken the first step in a bid to take a council to court over a ban on demonstrations outside an abortion clinic. Ealing Council was the first in
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A man who grossly exaggerated the effect of his comparatively minor injuries in a bid to defraud the NHS of £837,109 faces a possible jail sentence. The case brought against
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Tougher penalties for people who attack emergency workers have moved a step closer after MPs unanimously supported measures designed to “protect the protectors”. Labour former minister Chris Bryant’s proposed legislation
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