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Shadow home secretary reveals proposals including more neighbourhood policing and introduction of ‘respect orders’Labour has announced a series of proposals to tackle antisocial behaviour, as it said ministers were failing to address the problem.The ne…
Campaigners’ anger as 1,173 held despite ministers’ pledge to scrap legislationMore than 1,000 homeless people have been arrested for sleeping rough or begging since the government pledged to scrap the nearly 200-year-old Vagrancy Act, new figures show…
Observer investigation finds many local authorities have extensive backlogs to fix hazards such as falling ceilings and leaking roofsThousands of council housing tenants in England have waited more than a year for repair work on their homes to be compl…
Law must be strengthened, says home secretary, so professionals like teachers and carers face ‘full force of law’ if they fail in their duty to protectThe home secretary is to spell out new requirements for people working with children in England to re…
Council tax and planning changes aim to make housing more affordable for those on local incomesRadical measures giving councils in Wales a raft of extra powers designed to stop second homes hollowing out communities, especially in coastal and rural are…
Experts say developers deterred by changes to planning system brought in by successive Tory governmentsPlanning applications in England have fallen to their lowest level in at least 16 years, according to figures published this week by the levelling up…
Care home residents will be first to receive spring top-up jab as infections in England hit 2023 highMillions of people in England will be offered a Covid booster jab next week, health officials have announced, as recent estimates show infections have …
Health officials apologise after women unable to obtain certificate for £19.30 annual fee due to website being downPolitics live – latest updatesHealth officials have apologised after women were unable to get a certificate online to allow them to acces…
Justice secretary, who denies bullying allegations, oversaw a toxic atmosphere, ex-staffer saysDominic Raab is “100% a bully”, and also took no steps to intervene in bullying by others, a former Foreign Office official has said in the latest accusation…
Exclusive: England on track to become first country to eliminate disease after landmark deal for new drugsMore than 200 children in England have been cured of hepatitis C in a world-first treatment programme on the NHS that is likely to eradicate the d…