A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran on a mobility scooter in west London. He was arrested at an address in Southall,
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Poorer families will continue to be hardest hit by rising inflation as they spend more of their income on increasingly expensive food, analysis of new official data shows. The Resolution
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A High Court judge has described a shortage of secure accommodation for troubled children in England and Wales as a “national scandal” after being told that 62 youngsters are vying
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Parents are being left without childcare as thousands of providers close. The overall number of childcare providers in England dropped by around 4,000 between March 2021 and March 2022, the
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Rishi Sunak has warned his rival’s cost-of-living plans could put vulnerable people at risk of “real destitution”, as economic policy once again drove a wedge between the Tory leadership hopefuls.
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Children will face longer waits for help with autism or speech problems due to NHS staff shortages outside of hospitals, health leaders have warned. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers
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Pharmacists have sounded the alarm over medicine shortages, with half believing patients have been put at risk, according to a survey. A poll of 1,562 UK pharmacists for the Pharmaceutical
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Almost a million children aged one to nine across London are to be offered a polio vaccine to try to prevent the spread of the virus. Health officials warned there
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Crisis talks to “knock some heads together” will take place between energy sector bosses and the Government after the price cap was forecast to hit more than £4,200 in January.
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Around 100,000 NHS workers in England and Wales are being balloted for industrial action in protest at a “miserable“ pay offer. Unite said the 4% increase for staff in middle
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