Author: The Guardian

At least 75,000 people in England wait six months for social care assessment

Adult social care ‘waiting lists’ condemned as unacceptable as people at risk of deterioration, abuse or neglectAbout a quarter of a million vulnerable people in England are languishing on adult social care...

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Ban on polluting lorries pledged in Tories’ transport greenprint

Delayed decarbonisation plan for achieving net zero emissions for transport by 2050 is publishedNew diesel and petrol lorries will be banned in Britain by 2040, under a “greenprint” to decarbonise all types of...

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More than 1m children from key worker families living in poverty, says TUC

Study finds more than one in five children of workers employed in the frontline of the pandemic live below breadlineMore than a million children from households in the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are...

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Outcry over plans for Sussex holiday village next to rare bird habitat

Center Parcs proposal for 223-hectare woodland site faces opposition from activists and localsCenter Parcs has been criticised over plans to build a complex on rare bird habitat in Sussex, next to a site of special scientific...

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