The NHS is in danger of being buried under a social care “avalanche” as patients struggle to find adequate care to allow them to leave hospital, according to the Liberal
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TV presenter Fiona Phillips is “hugely touched” by the support she has received after revealing she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, her representative has said. Lorraine Kelly and shadow
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The Government wasted billions of taxpayers’ money on unusable personal protective equipment (PPE) and has an “alarming” lack of plan for an emergency stockpile for future pandemics, MPs have warned.
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A Government minister has said it is “not correct” that people are forced to use food banks as he suggested relying on free handouts is a personal choice. Veterans Minister
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The Government has no plans to remove care workers from the shortage occupation list to cut immigration despite calls from Tory MPs, Downing Street said. No 10 also downplayed the
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The Home Secretary lashed out at “phoney humanitarianism” hindering efforts to stop Channel crossings as the Government lost the latest court battle over its plans to send migrants to Rwanda.
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Adult social care was in a “terrible” state of pandemic preparedness with the Government lacking basic knowledge, including how many care homes were in the UK at the time when
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Ministers could spend £169,000 on every asylum seeker forcibly removed to a third country such as Rwanda, according to the Home Office’s own estimates. Nearly two in five people would
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Mother-of-two Nicola Bulley drowned after entering cold river water – and there is no evidence anyone else was involved in her death, her inquest has heard. Two witnesses said they
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Most English councils are not confident they can offer the minimum social care support in their communities required by law, according to new research. More than three-quarters (76%) of directors
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