MPs have issued a fresh challenge to peers over changes to the Government’s flagship Rwanda plan, as the parliamentary gridlock heads towards a potential overnight showdown. Home Office minister Michael
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Leading mental health and poverty charities and unions have strongly criticised Rishi Sunak’s planned welfare reforms as “deeply damaging” and an “irresponsible war of words”. The Prime Minister announced a
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Rishi Sunak has told of the “moral mission” to reform welfare as he announced major changes to the system in the face of criticism of his “hostile rhetoric” and accusations
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Autistic people and those with a learning disability are still being failed, a charity has said, describing new figures as showing too many remain “stuck” in mental health hospitals. NHS
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Calls made to an anti-slavery helpline have reached a record high, with the number of potential victims in the care sector rising by almost a third and the first suspected
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Peers have maintained the parliamentary deadlock over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan in pressing their demands for changes to the controversial scheme. The House of Lords snubbed ministerial calls to
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One in every 52 children in Blackpool is in care compared with one in 140 across England, according to new analysis which researchers said exposes “deeply rooted social inequalities” in
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An extra 700,000 people of working-age will be living with major illnesses by 2040, experts have warned. Analysis by the Health Foundation suggests 23% more working-age adults will be diagnosed
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Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan has been given a fresh beating by peers, amid a continuing stand-off over the controversial policy. Despite MPs overturning previous changes by the House of
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A nursery deputy manager caused the death of a baby girl who she placed face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than an hour and
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