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Charities and experts call for national conversation to move away from sensationalism after Musk criticismKeir Starmer must move the conversation on child sexual exploitation away from sensationalism to support for victims who have had help and protection reduced in recent years, charities, campaigners and experts have said.A joint statement, whose signatories include government services contractors such as the Salvation Army and the Snowdrop Project, says changes in the law have made it harder for survivors to be recognised as victims and to access support services. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/17/starmer-child-sexual-exploitation-victims-elon-musk-criticism Author : Haroon Siddique and Jamie Grierson Publish date

Ministers to launch historic commission to reform ‘failing’ system amid warnings the NHS risks being overwhelmedHealth secretary Wes Streeting has defended the government’s proposed timeline for reforming social care.Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme he stressed there would be action taken in this parliament. He said “successive governments led by Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and the SNP have all failed on social care.”If anyone is going to help us to break the cycle of bad politics, knock heads together, and forge the national consensus I think we need on social care, it is Louise Casey.And that work

Urfan Sharif said to have been treated for injuries to his neck and face after attack in his cell in Belmarsh prisonPolice are investigating reports that the father of the schoolgirl Sara Sharif had his throat cut in an assault by fellow inmates while in prison for her murder.Urfan Sharif, 43, is said to have been attacked in Belmarsh prison, south London, by two men who rushed into his cell with a weapon made from a tuna tin lid, according to the Sun. The assault is said to have happened on New Year’s Day and caused injuries to his neck

No evidence of physical trauma on Greta Marie Otteson and Arno Els Quinton, who were found in separate rooms The bodies of a British woman and her fiance have been discovered in separate rooms at a tourist villa in Vietnam, police said.The victims were named locally as Greta Marie Otteson, a 33-year-old Briton, and Arno Els Quinton, a 36-year-old South African, who were staying at the complex in Hội An in the central Quang Nam province. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/03/bodies-of-british-woman-and-her-fiance-discovered-in-vietnam-tourist-villa Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-01-03 07:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Business department raised issue of patent box benefit after meeting that took place last June, documents showKemi Badenoch instructed her department to write to the Treasury about a potential tax break after an intervention from Dyson, documents have revealed.In the minutes of a meeting during her time as business secretary last June, seen by the Guardian, it said Ian Robertson, a board member at the vacuum cleaner and air-filter maker, lobbied Badenoch on the patent box tax benefit that had “worked very successfully but now that corporation tax has risen but the patent box has not losing its effectiveness”. Continue