The UK economy could gain nearly £47.7 billion a year if unpaid carers were better supported to enter or remain in paid work, according to a major new study that exposes the economic price of locking carers out of the workforce. The research, titled “The Hidden Cost of Unpaid Care: The Economic Price of Locking […]
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A staggering £28 million timeshare fraud has left more than 3,500 people across the UK financially devastated. Most of the victims were aged between 60 and 90, many of whom had invested their life savings. The scheme, which operated under the Sell My Timeshare brand, saw fourteen people convicted, including managing director Mark Rowe and
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A village sign stolen from one of Norfolk’s smallest communities has been found hundreds of miles away seven years after it first went missing. The handmade sign for Brunstead also known, somewhat confusingly, as Brumstead had stood proudly at the entrance to the village for more than 30 years before vanishing in 2018, leaving residents
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The NHS has begun offering Britain’s first long-acting HIV prevention injection, a major step towards making the UK the first country in the world to eliminate the virus. The jab, known as cabotegravir, will initially be available to around 1,000 people who are at risk of contracting HIV but unable to take traditional pre-exposure prophylaxis
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An asylum seeker allegedly stabbed a hotel worker 23 times with a screwdriver after following her home from work, a murder trial has heard. Deng Chol Majek, a Sudanese national who claims to be 19, is accused of murdering 27-year-old Rhiannon Skye Whyte near Bescot Stadium railway station in Walsall on 20 October last year.
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Scotland now has the most violent classrooms in the United Kingdom, with serious attacks on teachers and school staff tripling in the past ten years. Between March 2014 and March 2024, there were 490 reports of serious injuries to school staff caused by violence, the highest rate in the UK when adjusted for population, according
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England’s adult social care sector continues to expand, contributing £77.8 billion to the UK economy in 2024/25, a 12.2% increase on last year, according to the latest Skills for Care report released today (15 October). The annual State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report reveals a 2.2% rise in total
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Labour MPs have accused the Crown Estate of acting out of greed and prioritising foreign workers over British firms in the leasing of sea bed areas for offshore wind farms. The Crown Estate, which manages the sea bed around England and Wales, is now facing a possible legal challenge from Greenpeace. The environmental group claims
An Afghan migrant who threatened to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a TikTok video has been jailed for five years after being convicted of making death threats. Fayaz Khan, who travelled to Britain across the Channel in an inflatable boat while livestreaming the journey, shouted at Mr Farage as he was sentenced at
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An artist has been jailed for six months after admitting she tried to defraud the NHS of £3 million by faking a severe disability. Kae Burnell-Chambers, 44, wept as she was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison at the High Court in London for contempt of court. She admitted misleading medical experts and lying in
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