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Social care is for us all, and we all must fund it
Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article on the new prime minister’s commitment to a fair system
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HMP Erlestoke prisoners using art as part of rehabilitation
Inmates say it is "rewarding" to create artwork and sell it online with the help of a charity.
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What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform
Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board, says Emily Kenway, a social policy doctoral researcher
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The real reason child vaccination rates are falling
As child immunisation rates fall across the UK, one clinic in west Yorkshire is taking aggressive steps to boost immunisations
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Lonely planet: why are we addicted to the social media scroll when it is so clearly harming us?
I am hanging on to a product that makes people I loathe more super-rich while they trash the world
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New equipment helps Jersey charity support breastfeeding
The scheme is part of World Breastfeeding Week, from 1 to 7 August, organisers say.
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Guernsey health service reviews cost almost £188,000
There were 20 independent investigations or reviews between 2021 and 2025.
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Student quits university due to epilepsy medicine shortages
Jack Tolley says he found it difficult to find supplies of the key medicines he needs.
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The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one
After the rejection of the voice, the conversation about structural reform of the federal arrangements governing Aboriginal affairs must resume
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Are the 'luteal uglies' a real thing?
More women than ever are talking about the luteal phase on social media, but how does it actually affect you?
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