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Campaign coordinated by Labour MP, Zarah Sultana, calls for every child to have access to a daily hot mealThe chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has been urged to use his spring budget to extend free school meals for all primary pupils to tackle “the child pover…
Concerns that Scotland lagging behind rest of UK as anti-abortion protests continue outside clinicsPro-choice campaigners are urging all Scottish National party leadership candidates to commit to accelerating the imposition of protest-free buffer zones…
Many more appointments and procedures postponed than for recent walkouts by nurses and ambulance staffHospitals have cancelled tens of thousands of outpatient appointments and operations this week as they prepare for a junior doctors’ strike that will …
Inspector under investigation for misconduct after Matthew Caseby, 23, died while abscondingThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the response of West Midlands police into the death of a 23-year-old man who ran away from a m…
Tower Hamlets council’s failure to stop overcrowding has sparked allegations of ‘negligence’ by residents’ associationResidents repeatedly warned a council landlord about a dangerously overcrowded flat but the problem was not solved before a fatal fire…
Isobel Goatcher says she cannot bear to endure another trial after jury failed to reach verdict and defence painted her as ‘sex-crazed slut’A woman who alleges she was raped as a teenager by an older man has called for changes to the judicial process a…
From Nottingham to the Isle of Wight, people lament losing sense of community as well as facilitiesEngland has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010Alice, an artist on the Isle of Wight, was hopeful that her son would be a confident swimmer by the …
Analysis shows parts of country with greatest health-related deprivation have lost out the most‘A huge loss’: readers on UK leisure centre closuresEngland has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010, with parts of the country that have the greatest h…
This week’s budget expected to include support to ease financial pressure, but attached to greater obligations to seek workPoorer working parents are to be given more help with the costs of childcare as part of this week’s budget, after warnings that s…
Websites appear to be defying a UK ban on advertising prescription drugs by urging customers to register their interest in the new weight-loss injectionAs controversy raged about the new weight loss drug approved for use on the NHS, retail chain Superd…