Personal protective equipment (PPE) worth an estimated £1.4 billion, which was acquired by the government in a single deal during the pandemic, has been destroyed or written off, it is
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The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel has hit a new record for the first six months of a calendar year. Home Office figures show
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Putting the stretched social care system on a sustainable footing must be a key priority for the next government, a former sector boss has warned. Lyn Romeo, who stepped down
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The NHS will be encouraged to buy up social care beds in a bid to get medically-fit patients out of hospitals faster, Labour has said. Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes
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A heartbroken mother said a childminder who shook her baby boy to death is a “monster” who should be “haunted” by her actions. Karen Foster (pictured), 62, was also branded
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The adult social care sector is in need of “deep reform”, Labour has said but the party’s manifesto pledges have been branded “broad promises, with little detail and no timetable
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Convicted multiple murderer Lucy Letby was “caught virtually red-handed” by a doctor as she displaced the breathing tube of a baby girl, a court has heard. Letby, 34, is alleged
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A Conservative government would continue with its plans to cap social care costs from late next year, the party’s manifesto has stated. Adult social care takes up only around 100
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The Liberal Democrats set out a goal of taking the UK back into the European Union single market and hiking taxes by almost £27 billion to fund major investments in
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The Green Party is proposing to deliver a “game-changing” £50 billion plan for health and social care by 2030. The package, which would be provided over the next five years,
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