Councils have been urged to use emergency powers to protect rough sleepers as hot weather hits the UK. Temperatures are forecast to reach 34 or 35C on Saturday in London
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An SNP MP has vowed to join “thousands of volunteers” in blocking lock-change evictions against asylum seekers by security giant Serco. During a Commons debate on the matter, Chris Stephens
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The failure of successive governments to address long-term funding for adult social care puts thousands of old and disabled people at risk of losing vital support, care chiefs have warned.
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The police watchdog has launched an investigation after a mentally ill man who stabbed himself was tasered. Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called to an attempted break-in at a
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Lawyers have welcomed a ruling by a judge who was asked to consider whether parents should still decide what is best when teenagers with learning disabilities become adults. Three families
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Three inmates have been handed life sentences for killing a fellow prisoner in “cold blood” and trying to cut his head off. Stephen Boorman, 34, Jibreel Raheem, 27, and James
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The mother of a pregnant mentally-ill woman who doctors thought should have an abortion had to put her faith in British justice, her lawyer has said. Laura Hobey-Hamsher said the
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The NHS is spending millions of pounds on private beds for patients with mental health problems, it has been claimed. At least 18 areas in England have no NHS mental
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Deaths of homeless people have been highest in areas with the biggest council cuts, Labour analysis shows. Nine of the 10 areas with the most homeless deaths have had at
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Lloyds Bank will be the first firm to be tested against a charity’s new standards to help essential service providers give better support to customers with mental health issues. The
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