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Row between Michael Gove and No 10 results in end of promise to scrap leaseholdsWhat is leasehold, and are there any alternatives?Plans to abolish the “feudal” system of leaseholds across England and Wales have been dropped after a battle between Downi…
A large majority of those returning to the roost – or who never left it – are men, census data revealsIt is enough to make parents wonder: whatever happened to the bachelor pad?At least 620,000 more grown-up children are now living with their parents t…
Researchers say ‘studies not good enough’ to know whether medications work or not for painAntidepressants commonly used to treat chronic pain lack evidence as to whether or not they work, researchers have said, declaring the situation a global public h…
FoI requests reveal at least 90 councils top-sliced childcare budget to offset deficits or add to reservesMPs have expressed concern that local authorities in England are failing to pass on government funding for free childcare places to nurseries, aft…
Up to one in 10 doctors and a third of nurses could be trained through vocational path under NHS workforce planSchool-leavers could receive on-the-job training as part of an attempt to help address NHS workforce shortages, under plans to allow tens of …
West Yorkshire research shows women and girls affected ‘on daily basis by misogyny and harassment’Women should be involved in the design and maintenance of the UK’s parks to tackle “unfair and unequal” safety fears, researchers have said.Academics look…
Watchdog says gaps in regulation are letting landlords offer costly supported accommodation ‘with little or no support’Increasing numbers of landlords are profiting from letting bad housing to some of society’s most vulnerable people, the National Audi…
NHS in England missed target that patients waiting 18 months for an operation would be treated by AprilA key government pledge to reduce the size of the NHS’s record-breaking care backlog has been broken, the health secretary has admitted.Steve Barclay…
Exclusive: Aysen Dennis says plans to bulldoze Aylesbury estate are unlawful and amount to ‘social cleansing’A woman who has lived on the same council estate for 30 years has taken developers and her local authority to the high court over plans to demo…
Xu Zaozao’s case is widely followed in a country where women’s rights have become increasingly prominentA single Chinese woman has begun an appeal in her legal battle for the right to freeze her eggs, a procedure only available in China to married coup…