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Removing VAT from sunscreens would cut incidence of skin cancer and could save lives, says cancer charity chiefThe high cost of sunscreen is resulting in more skin cancer cases, according to charities who are calling on the UK government to scrap VAT o…
Number of families stuck in temporary rooms for more than six weeks is highest since 2003The number of homeless families being housed by English councils in hotels and B&Bs for longer than the legal limit is at its highest in 20 years.The latest go…
Capital’s mayor lauds achievement but warns skyrocketing rents pose threat to ‘the soul of our city’Sadiq Khan is to announce the surpassing of a landmark housebuilding target in London, but will warn that the capital’s skyrocketing rents pose a threat…
Alzheimer’s Society says fear and confusion delays discussion for 33% of those who think they or a loved one may have dementiaA third of Britons who have concerns about whether they, or a loved one, might have dementia wait more than a month to discuss…
Exclusive: Victim speaks of feeling violated by hospital doctor incident that expert says is evidence of ‘systemic’ flaw in England‘I felt anger, fear and horror that she had obtained my data’The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown i…
Exclusive: IVF in UK ‘is the most successful and the safest it has ever been’, says Tim Child A leading fertility expert has said the law should be overhauled so that rapid advancements in reproductive science do not stall.Prof Tim Child of the Univers…
Exclusive: School-Home Support finds proportion of children citing such concerns has risen 73% year on yearInsecure, unsuitable and poor quality housing is increasingly a barrier to children going to school, according to an education charity that works…
Fiona Fey, of popular choir Mediaeval Baebes, says her livelihood was threatened by noise abatement orderMusicians are facing a postcode lottery of noise complaints, industry leaders have warned, after a member of the classical chart-topping choir Medi…
Pat Cullen raises stakes in dispute with government after nurses reject earlier offer of 5%The head of the Royal College of Nursing union has called for a double-digit pay rise for nurses in England, raising the stakes in the long-running dispute with …
Police data underlines fears for the safety of inmates and staff amid overcrowding and budget cuts as a result of Tory austerityNearly 1,000 rapes were reported to have taken place in prisons since 2010, exclusive data obtained by the Observer from pol…