Care homes giant Four Seasons is poised to collapse into administration, raising fears for thousands of elderly residents. The company is set to appoint corporate undertakers at Alvarez & Marsal
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Jeremy Corbyn has criticised moves to get rape victims to turn over their mobile phones to the police. The Labour leader’s intervention came after rape complainants were told they risked
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Three siblings who were sexually abused by a care home worker have secured £1 million in damages from the Church of Scotland. The sister and her two brothers were targeted
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Rape victims are being told they must hand over their mobile phones to police or risk prosecutions against their attackers not going ahead. Consent forms, which ask permission to access
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Over-50s could be forced to pay more than £300 a year extra National Insurance to help fund a fairer social care system under plans drawn up by senior Tory Damian
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The social care system in England is at “crisis point”, with more people asking for care but fewer receiving it, according to a report. The study, from the influential King’s
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Vaccine refusal is a “growing public health timebomb”, the head of the NHS has warned. More than half a million children in the UK were not vaccinated against measles over
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A record near-1.6 million emergency supplies have been handed out by food banks in the past year, with a third going to children, figures reveal. The Trussell Trust said the
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Ministers came under pressure to increase social care funding, as both Tory and Labour MPs demanded a cash boost. Conservative former cabinet minister Sir John Redwood said it is “obvious”
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More men are being encouraged to work in nurseries as a charity aims to challenge stereotypes over the male role in early education. Men currently make up just 3% of
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