Dominic Cummings tried to fast track a £530,000 grant to an external data team at the start of the pandemic – bypassing normal Whitehall procedures, leaked emails suggest. Boris Johnson’s
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Ministers have insisted that the Government is committed to delivering proposals for social care reform before the end of the year, after MPs were told that a “crucial” meeting on
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Social care leaders in England have called on the Government to publish its proposed reforms of the sector before parliament breaks for the summer. In a letter to Prime Minister
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The Government has apologised for “failing” rape victims over years of plunging conviction levels, as it set out plans for a “system and culture change” which will include focusing more
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Social services are overly focused on “investigating” families struggling to care for their children rather than providing support to help them through their difficulties, a report has found. The Independent
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Boris Johnson twice described Health Secretary Matt Hancock as “hopeless” early in the coronavirus pandemic, according to private messages published by former aide Dominic Cummings. Mr Cummings (pictured) published a
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Many care providers in England are living hand to mouth and the Government appears “complacent” about the potential for local markets to fail, MPs have warned. The coronavirus pandemic has
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Boris Johnson has delayed the end of England’s coronavirus restrictions by up to four weeks after being warned the move could lead to thousands of deaths and unbearable pressure on
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Matt Hancock has said he was aware at the start of the pandemic that 820,000 people could die from Covid-19 but that ordering an earlier lockdown would have meant going
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Sexual harassment has become “normalised” for schoolchildren, with around nine in 10 girls reporting incidents of sexist name calling and being sent unwanted explicit pictures or videos, a review has
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