Charity warns UK in ‘no position’ to exclude EU care workers after Brexit
European care workers must be able to continue to come to the UK to work after Brexit, a leading charity for older people has urged ministers. Age UK said the
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Alex Salmond appears in court on charges of attempted rape and sexual assault
Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has appeared in court charged with attempted rape and sexual assault. Mr Salmond faced a total of 14 charges when he appeared at Edinburgh
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Report finds convicted sex offenders housed in budget hotels on prison release
Convicted sex offenders who should have been closely monitored in bail hostels have instead been housed in budget hotel chains on their release from prison, inspectors have found. A shock
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Nurse held on suspicion of raping incapacitated woman who gave birth at care facility
A nurse who was looking after an incapacitated woman at a long-term healthcare facility in the US has been arrested on suspicion of raping her. It comes weeks after the
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Some children exposed to risk and neglect for too long, inspection review finds
Authorities looking into concerns about children’s well-being provided a “less consistently robust” response in cases where youngsters were suffering from “chronic poor parenting”, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate conducted
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DfE does ‘not fully understand’ factors driving demand for children’s social care
The Department for Education (DfE) “still does not fully understand what is driving demand for children’s social care”, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. This comes after the NAO
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Predictive analysis to identify those at risk under new suicide prevention plan
Technology such as artificial intelligence could be used help to identify those at risk of suicide under the Government’s new prevention strategy. The document, published on Tuesday, pledges a focus
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Council failed to carry out ‘basic core social work’ in adoption case, judge
Social services bosses have been criticised by a High Court judge over the way they handled the case of two children who have been placed for adoption. Mrs Justice Theis
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Famous sporting brothers ‘shamed’ after being jailed for children’s charity fraud
A famous sporting family has been “shamed” for milking a charity set up for poor African children, it can now be reported. Ex-footballers Efe Sodje, 46, and Stephen Sodje, 43,
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Home office warned over ‘new Windrush scandal’ as it rolls out EU citizen scheme
The Home Office is being warned it risks creating a new “Windrush scandal” as the roll-out of its post-Brexit scheme to register an estimated 3.5 million EU citizens living in
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