No further raid on welfare spending as charities welcome Government U-turn
New Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has said there will be no further raid on welfare spending to fund the £4 billion black hole in the Budget left by
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Harvey Proctor demands apology over handling of child abuse probe
Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has demanded three politicians apologise and Scotland Yard face an inquiry over their handling of child abuse allegations that implicated him. Deputy Labour leader Tom
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£1.8m VIP paedophile ring probe closed without single arrest
A fiercely-criticised police investigation into claims of a VIP paedophile ring has been dropped. The Metropolitan Police probe, called Operation Midland, was launched in November 2014 after claims that boys
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Alleged child abuse victims do not want ‘any innocent person to be pilloried’
Alleged child abuse victims do not want “any innocent person to be pilloried, let alone convicted”, a campaigner has said. Founder of The National Association for People Abused in Childhood,
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NHS England attacked for ‘U-turn’ on new HIV treatment
HIV campaigners have slammed the decision by NHS England not to fund a new treatment that can prevent the spread of the virus. With proven success, Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
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Peers defeat Government in vote to let 3,000 child refugees into UK
The Government has been defeated in the Lords as peers voted to allow 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into the country. Peers voted by 306 votes to 204, a majority of
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Government in turmoil as Iain Duncan Smith quits over ‘indefensible’ disability cuts
David Cameron has said he is “puzzled and disappointed” after Iain Duncan Smith dramatically quit the Cabinet and launched an all-out attack on the “indefensible” Budget. In a brutal parting
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Domestic abuse helpline calls soar following Archers storyline
Calls to the national domestic abuse helpline have soared by nearly a fifth in a year, fuelled in part by a hard-hitting storyline about coercive control in The Archers. Britons
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Child sexual exploitation report warns of non-stereotypical victims being missed
Children at risk of sexual exploitation could be slipping through the net because they are not “stereotypical” victims, a report has warned. Boys and girls targeted by older women are
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Ministers under intense pressure over £1.3bn annual cut in disability benefits
Ministers face intense pressure to perform a U-turn over plans for a £1.3 billion a year cut in disability benefits as Tory MPs threaten to revolt over the measure. Work
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