Rishi Sunak could not say when the number of migrants crossing the Channel to the UK would reduce despite the Government agreeing a fresh multimillion-pound deal with France. The Prime
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The head of a care association has branded it “really disappointing” that care homes face being “vilified” after a report they could be forced to allow visitors under new Government
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The number of available fostering places in England has fallen by almost a quarter in four years, figures show. There were 74,660 fostering places as of March 31 2022, down
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Nursing staff at the majority of NHS employers across the UK have voted to strike over pay. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said industrial action will take place in
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A Labour MP has urged the Government to publish the details of how many incidents of violence or sexual assault against children have occurred in hotels used to house asylum
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Primary school-aged children running drugs for gangs has “become the norm” while young teenagers are heading up county lines operations, the former children’s commissioner has warned. Anne Longfield (pictured), who
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A mother and her partner have both been jailed for life with a minimum term of 39 years for murdering her son during a campaign of “horrific and prolonged torture”.
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Police, fire and ambulance chiefs offered profuse apologies after a scathing report into the emergency response to the Manchester Arena bombing. One of the 22 people murdered in the suicide
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Vital help from children’s services has become “the last resort” for some families in England, with social care leaders warning “we cannot continue to do this on the cheap”. Councils
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“Things have never been so bad” for England’s adult social care sector, a social services director has warned. A “staggering” number of older and disabled people are not getting the
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