A woman who abandoned her “vulnerable” daughter to die alone in pain in her squalid bedroom has been jailed for nine years and seven months. The emaciated body of Debbie
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The ending of mandatory coronavirus rules in England will cause “huge anxiety” to immunocompromised and disabled people, leaving them feeling “abandoned” and “forgotten”, charities have warned. The scrapping of free
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All coronavirus laws in England including the legal requirement for people who test positive to isolate will end on Thursday before free universal testing is scrapped in April. Boris Johnson
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Scotland is committed to meeting its Human Rights obligations for people with learning disabilities, which are outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
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The Scottish Government has said it aims to have “greatly reduced” long hospital stays and out-of-area placements for those with learning difficulties or complex needs by March 2024. In a
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A couple who left an autistic man to live in squalor in a locked attic room until he nearly died have each been jailed for six years. Lorna and Craig
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The mother of a clinically vulnerable 23-year-old has described feeling “left out of the conversation” over the removal of self-isolation laws in England. Boris Johnson said laws requiring people with
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A man with mental health difficulties whose case made headlines after a judge said his needs had been “neglected” is preparing to leave hospital, health authority bosses say. Mr Justice
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A High Court judge has raised “considerable concern” about how long it has taken police to carry out an investigation after a teenager was found at her parents’ home in
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The Home Office has told asylum seekers staying in hotels it will stop providing them with free access to non-basic toiletries and “over the counter medication”, according to a letter
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