Health
A fresh approach to supporting unpaid carers
Letter: Social care reform must reflect the variations in the type, intensity and duration of care provided, s...
Society
Health
Health
Children’s care homes rely on committed people
Letter: Without the unflinching commitment of managers, social workers and those who work in them, they won’t...
Health
Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily during NHS cancer care
Patients among hundreds who suffered harm at County Durham and Darlington foundation trust’s breast unit
Politics
‘A man threatened to shoot me’: the abuse pushing UK councillors out of politics
Exclusive: Survey finds 78% of councillors feel at risk in their roles, with 52% saying intimidation has risen...
Science
Women with same health conditions as men ‘less likely to be offered active treatment’
Men with heart, kidney or liver conditions more likely to be offered intervention compared with women, global...
Home
Disabled people in UK need right to travel abroad, say MPs, after ‘ridiculous’ restrictions
Campaigners describe ‘brazenly discriminatory’ practices around funding from NHS care boards
Health
Only slim chance target of 1.5m new homes in England will be met, Angela Rayner says
Angela Rayner says manifesto pledge is not being dropped but focus is now on building council houses
Health
Unpaid carers could die before seeing justice for overpayments scandal, charities warn
Campaigners say at current glacial pace some may be waiting years before receiving a refund from DWP
Politics
Rise in abuse of election candidates is ‘changing politics’ in England
Electoral Commission finds abuse, particularly of women, minority ethnic and disabled people, is affecting can...
Politics
‘Sweat the asset’: new development minister plots path to make UK aid count
Kirsty McNeill reaffirms Labour’s 0.7% of GDP pledge and promises value for money to allay voter concerns
Health
Princess’s story: the case that highlights scourge of illegal care provision
Child was sent to live in 11 different Airbnbs or hotels and two ‘barren and inhospitable’ houses, as companie...
Health
Councils pay more than £125m a year placing vulnerable children in illegal care homes in England
Exclusive: Booming industry of businesses profit from shortage of beds for most at-risk children