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Melissa Mathieson, 18, wrote in a letter that she felt ‘dragged away from my home’ when she was placed in BristolA teenager who was murdered by a fellow care home resident wrote a letter that social services had “destroyed my life”, her inquest has hea…
Hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments could be cancelled if BMA members vote for series of stoppagesHospitals are bracing for a fresh round of strikes by resident doctors seeking a 29% pay rise, amid warnings that stoppages could lead to hundr…
Foster carers describe financial struggles and ‘lack of respect’ in ‘broken model’ propped up by benefit systemNearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firmsLouise* starts her workday getting the children breakfast…
Mothers and partners will gain the legal right if they lose a baby before 24 weeks, in Labour workers’ rights reformParents in Britain will be granted the right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s changes to workers’ …
Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural townsPeople who depend on cars to get around are more likely to feel lonely and disconnected than those who have access to good public transport, a UK study has fou…
Bridget Phillipson stresses that changes to welfare bill after threatened rebellion by backbench MPs have come at a costDowning Street’s U-turn on changes to welfare last week will make it harder to implement other policies such as potentially scrappin…
Steve Reed says changes to living standards are happening and will make a big difference to trust in governmentIt was probably easier for Steve Reed to feel more cheerful about Labour’s most torrid week in government while sitting on bales of hay in th…
Relatives tell of their determination to see good come from the killing of their loved ones in 2005 London bombingsIn the city of Bhubaneswar, the capital of the north-east Indian state of Odisha, there is an eye clinic that has transformed the lives o…
Government announces £500m project to provide single point of access for health, education and wellbeing servicesOne-stop shop family hubs will be rolled out across England to give parents advice and support, the government has announced. The centres w…
Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babiesDoctors in Gaza have warned that hundreds of babies are at risk of death amid a critical shortage of baby milk, as I…