So-called honour-based violence and forced marriage offences are increasingly being perpetrated online, police and prosecutors have warned. The trend was highlighted as the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and National Police
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The public has been left at greater risk of harm because of the poor performance of a privately-owned probation company responsible for supervising thousands of criminals in the community, watchdogs
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Social services bosses at a London council have come under fire from a senior family court judge over the way they handled a case involving a 21-year-old woman and her
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Sajid Javid has claimed almost £900 million extra will be available to local authorities over the next two years to fund social care services. The Communities Secretary said up to
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The Government has been accused of applying a “sticking plaster” solution to the crisis in adult social care, after announcing £900 million of new funding over the next two years.
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Millions of pounds are expected to be paid to former residents of a children’s home at the centre of sexual abuse on an “industrial scale”. The Shirley Oaks Survivors Association
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People should start saving for their future social care costs in the same way that they save for their pensions, Jeremy Hunt has said. Those in their 20s or 30s
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The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into how a leading Roman Catholic independent school has handled allegations of child sexual abuse. Ampleforth College, in North Yorkshire, is already the
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A renowned Belgian neuroscientist is to head the new £250 million UK Dementia Research Institute (DRI) which will put Britain at the cutting edge of science aimed at combating brain
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A woman with learning disabilities is to be cared for at home on a trial basis after members of her family won a court fight with council social services bosses.
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