More than 68,000 households in England have been assessed as homeless or facing homelessness during a three-month period this year, an increase of more than 11% compared to the same
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A critical report into children’s services failures at a local authority makes for “very uncomfortable reading”, MP and former children’s minster Tim Loughton has said. Inspectors identified a “chaotic” approach
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The Victims’ Commissioner has called on the Prime Minister to urgently launch an independent inquiry after inspectors failed to explain why the number of rape cases prosecutors were bringing to
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Campaigners have hit out at inspectors who found no fault with the way prosecutors were making decisions on bringing rape cases to court despite the number of charges plummeting. Several
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Nicola Sturgeon has said she has a “renewed, refreshed and strengthened” mandate for a second vote on Scottish independence, as the SNP made a series of gains in the General
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Boris Johnson has hailed a political “earthquake” which saw Labour support crumble in its heartlands in the face of a Tory landslide. The Prime Minister was set to visit the
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Attendances of homeless patients at A&E have at least tripled in eight years, with hundreds stuck in hospitals for long periods of time, figures show. There were at least 36,000
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The Duke of York’s accuser Virginia Giuffre has insisted she is not suicidal, following her revelation a “credible” death threat had been made against her. Ms Giuffre claims she was
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One in three hospitals in England put up the cost of parking last year, with patients and visitors objecting to the “exorbitant” prices, an investigation has found. The study by
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Boris Johnson took a reporter’s phone and put it in his pocket after refusing to look at a photo of a child who had to sleep on a hospital floor.
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