Childcare workers have suffered a real terms pay cut of 5% in recent years, in “stark contrast” to wage rises of 2.5% among women employees generally, according to a new
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A British man among at least 21 innocent people killed in a militant attack at a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi has been named. International development charity Gatsby Africa said
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The UK Government has “picked the pocket of the health service” in Scotland, with funding claimed to be £55 million lower than promised. A “disappointed” Jeane Freeman told MSPs the
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A “common sense” scheme which has helped patients avoid thousands of nights in hospital and saved £2 million will help the NHS make the best use of every penny, health
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A judge has told doctors they can stop providing life-support treatment to a brain-damaged woman who had worked as a carer for disabled people. Mrs Justice Gwynneth Knowles heard that
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Amber Rudd has announced a set of reforms to the Government’s new Universal Credit, saying that the system she inherited was not as “effective” or “compassionate” as she wanted. The
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MPs have demanded a “minister for hunger” be appointed by the Government to tackle the “scandal” of hunger and malnutrition affecting millions, including children, in the UK. The Environmental Audit
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A woman in a vegetative state who was sexually assaulted at a long-term US care facility and had a baby is recovering at a hospital along with her child, authorities
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Migrant populations of many British towns may be thousands higher or lower than official statistics indicate, according to a report. Estimates of the number of foreign-born residents in some local
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Universal Credit was labelled a “rolling disaster area” which is “causing real distress” as the Government faced a grilling over the slowdown of its rollout. Labour’s Angela Eagle asked Employment
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