Former art teacher, who cared for her disabled son, ‘received almost no support’, said her local MP Manuela PerteghellaAndy Burnham has backed mandatory suicide prevention training for social workers after the “devastating”...
Read MoreSome say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambitionIn the days since Labour’s annual conference, party insiders have been sharing a word cloud produced by the...
Read MoreWorking-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face a fragmented and unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older peopleSeemingly brilliant conference speeches are often followed by a...
Read MoreHelen Pidd reports from the Labour conference in Liverpool as Andy Burnham lays out his grand plans as prime minister. With deputy political editor Jessica Elgot Continue...
Read MorePM says his plan, which includes ending pensions triple lock to fund national care service, will ‘allow us to rise again’Analysis: PM’s promises will take time to come goodKey takeaways from Burnham’s conference speechAndy...
Read MorePM has revealed more details about a proposed shake-up of adult social care – including a broad timetableAndy Burnham’s Labour conference speech gave a little more detail on how he intends to take forward what he said at the...
Read MoreAndy Burnham has revealed more details about a proposed shake-up – including a broad schedule for the reformsAndy Burnham’s Labour conference speech gave a little more detail on how he intends to take forward what he said at the...
Read MoreThe theory of parental alienation is a ‘harmful pseudo-science’, according to recent official guidance in England and Wales. Yet it led to Sarah’s two daughters being taken away six years ago – and never returnedOn the afternoon...
Read MoreEnding the pensions triple lock, creating a National Care Service and making changes to leaseholds were all announced by the PM in LiverpoolUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham’s first speech to a Labour conference as...
Read MorePM, in first speech to party conference as leader, insists his plans are a ‘good deal’ for older peopleBurnham to signal willingness to look at scrapping pension triple lock to fund social careAngela Rayner, the housing...
Read MoreDefend Our Juries welcomes ‘honesty’ from foreign secretary and says his remarks will help in its legal challengeBurnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid planAngela Rayner, the housing secretary,...
Read MoreUnion leader says getting rid of triple lock not ‘the right thing’ as the PM prepares to lay out his ‘hope comes from honesty’ vision in Liverpool this afternoonBurnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed...
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