Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public finances The Guardian - UK · Jul 19
The hidden crisis hollowing out adult social care in the UK: precious day centres are being sold off Countless spaces for adults with complex needs have been shut down. If Andy Burnham wants to fix social care, keeping them open must be a priority, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Jun 28
Met Police could reopen more than 4,000 grooming gang cases Scotland Yard identified the cases that could be reinvestigated while carrying out an audit of group-based exploitation and sexual abuse in the capital dating back to 2010 Evening Standard · Jun 28
London, Oldham, Bradford and Keighley named as first focus of grooming gangs inquiry Inquiry will compel individuals and institutions to explain what they did or did not do to protect children from sexual abuse The Guardian - UK · Jun 24
Piers Morgan Slams 'Massively Exaggerated' 250,000 Grooming Gangs Victim Figure – But Says Real Scandal Is Still Horrific Morgan says the widely cited figure is unsupported by evidence but stresses the abuse scandal remains one of Britain's biggest institutional failures. International Business Times UK · Jun 19
Why Did UK Authorities Ignore 250,000 Groomed Girls? The Explosive Rape Gang Report Explained Independent MP Rupert Lowe unveiled a 219-page report examining decades of grooming gang scandals and alleged institutional failures across the UK. International Business Times UK · Jun 17
Rape Gang Inquiry Claims Grooming Gangs Operated in 149 UK Local Authority Areas An independent report reveals organised child exploitation networks in 149 UK areas, challenging perceptions of isolated incidents and highlighting national safeguarding failures. International Business Times UK · Jun 17
Why is Andy Burnham talking about fixing England’s social care system? Prospective MP and potential Labour leader has said tackling the issue is a priority. But why is the system in crisis and what can be done about it? The Guardian - UK · Jun 4
Britons asked for views on uniting UK as Javid warns country ‘in peril’ Sir Sajid Javid was speaking at the launch of a new research project asking people for their views on what unites the country. Evening Standard · May 18
Have your say on future of the UK in 60 seconds amid warning Britain is ‘in peril’ Sir Sajid Javid issues stark warning while launching a new research project asking people for their views on what unites the country The Independent UK · May 18
Whatever happens with the leadership, Labour must tackle the issue of social care head-on The challenge of how to look after an ageing population has been ducked by politicians for too long The Guardian - UK · May 17
Millions of unpaid UK carers ‘living in agony’, says Louise Casey Government social care commissioner says system relying on exhausted unpaid carers to plug gaps in support The Guardian - UK · May 14
First fan charged with tailgating at football match hit with three-year banning order Benjamin Bailey, 27, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, was arrested at the Carabao Cup final between Manchester City and Arsenal on March 22 The Independent UK · May 1
The Guardian view on the grooming gangs inquiry: a chance to look at the big picture Editorial: Anne Longfield has a vast, fraught task ahead of her. Victims must know from the outset what they can expect The Guardian - UK · Apr 2
Evening Standard · Mar 20 Entering football match without ticket to become illegal before Carabao Cup final From this weekend, offenders will face a five-year football banning order as well as a fine of up to £1,000
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20 Tailgaters tackled: football ground entry without a ticket becomes criminal offence The government has made entering a football ground without a ticket a criminal offence from this weekend, with fans who tailgate to be given banning orders of up to five years and £1,000 fines
The Independent UK · Mar 20 Ticketless football fans face criminal charges under new stadium law after Euro 2020 final chaos The new law has been announced ahead of this weekend’s Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13 Casey’s review of adult social care offers hope Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article praising Louise Casey’s speech on social care funding
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10 Met accused of insulting black people with shake-up of anti-racism strategy Academic Shereen Daniels says plan by Mark Rowley to absorb police’s race policies into broader anti-discrimination programme is backward step
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10 The blistering speech that tells me Britain’s social care deadlock can finally be broken If anyone can make the public pay for a national care service, it’s Louise Casey, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6 Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’ Head of government-commissioned review says adult social care is held together by ‘sticking plasters and glue’
The Independent UK · Mar 5 UK’s care sector blasted as ‘utter s****’ by inquiry chief Baroness Louise Casey blasted the NHS medicines regulator NICE for rejecting a new ‘expensive’ Alzheimer’s drug
Evening Standard · Mar 5 Inquiry dubbed ‘Casey 2’ launched into Met Police’s overhaul since Sarah Everard murder The Independent Fairfield Review is a follow-up to Baroness Louise Casey’s 2023 report which found the Met was institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic
Evening Standard · Mar 3 Mother remembers how Sarah Everard ‘added to the beauty of the world’ Susan Everard wrote a tribute piece for British Vogue to mark the fifth anniversary of her daughter’s death.
The Independent UK · Mar 3 ‘Extraordinary dignity’ of Sarah Everard’s family hailed five years after death Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said her senseless and devastating murder was a profound betrayal.