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Keir Starmer calls for specific offence as part of broader pledge to tackle violence against women and girlsUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has pledged to make spiking drinks a standalone offence as Labour seeks to bolster its “tough on c…
Calls for police powers to be rolled back in favour of funding for youth services and mental health initiativesA community-led approach is needed to tackle serious youth violence, such as more funding for youth services and mental health initiatives wh…
Keir Starmer says ‘prevention’ is key to ending abuse during roundtable session with experts and celebritiesLabour is considering plans to roll out education for young boys on violence against women and girls (VAWG) in an effort to tackle the epidemic….
Health secretary Steve Barclay claims some industrial action is unlawful as mandate will have expiredMinisters are pressing ahead with a legal challenge to halt some of this weekend’s planned strike by nurses in England.The Royal College of Nursing (RC…
Equality and Human Rights Commission says measures in illegal migration bill could expose people to serious harmUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s flagship asylum legislation risks breaching international obligations to protect human rights…
Survey also reveals nine out of 10 older people believe there are not enough care staff in the countryCare home where staff were filmed abusing 88-year-old still breaking rulesTrust in care homes has slumped, leaving half of the British public lacking …
Inspectors find lack of trained staff at Reigate Grange and medicines not being administered properlyHalf of UK public fear family would not be well looked after in care homesA £2,400-a-week care home where staff were secretly filmed abusing 88-year-ol…
Mobile on-the-spot screening initiative begun in 2018 hailed as having ‘turned a huge corner’Growing numbers of poorer people are being diagnosed early with lung cancer after the NHS began on-the-spot chest screening in the back of trucks at supermarke…
No one paid much attention to the emergency test, and in Westminster it was hard to distinguish Armageddon from business as usualThis is the way the world ends.The queue for the self-service checkouts in Sainsbury’s doubled back on itself and snaked ro…
Radio 1 DJ sets record less than 12 months after stopping chemotherapy for bowel cancerThe Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts has become the fastest woman to complete the London Marathon with a stoma bag, clocking a time of 3hr 30min and 22sec.The 44-year-old, w…