Emily Dugan
Emily Dugan is social affairs correspondent for The Independent, i and Independent on Sunday, covering Sarah Cassidy’s maternity leave. She was previously a news reporter for The Independent on Sunday. Her investigations into human trafficking have twice been awarded Best Investigative Article at the Anti-Slavery Day Media Awards and her human rights journalism was shortlisted for the Gaby Rado Memorial prize at the 2012 Amnesty Media Awards.
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Britons show Victorian attitudes to epilepsy as children who suffer from the condition are accused of being 'possessed'
21 May 2013 08:00 AM
One in five children who suffer with epilepsy has been accused of being “possessed” after having a seizure, according to shocking new research.
Paranoid woman begs court to let her abort baby
she gave up pills to protect
20 May 2013 06:48 PM
A pregnant woman suffering from “severe” mental health problems has made an impassioned plea to a High Court judge, asking that she be granted an abortion.
Imams to preach against grooming of girls for sex
17 May 2013 06:46 PM
Convictions of Muslims for child abuse prompt co-ordinated response from nation’s mosques
'Death contracts' could give terminally ill the right to die
16 May 2013 08:39 PM
Plan unveiled that would allow patients to sign a disclaimer asking for help to end their lives
180,000 children work as unpaid carers for relatives
16 May 2013 07:39 PM
Almost 10,000 five to seven-year-olds now work as carers, an increase of 80 per cent in a decade
Ministers ‘work’ for God, not for Methodists: Members of the church exempt from employment laws
15 May 2013 06:52 PM
Ministers working for the Methodist Church are effectively exempt from employment laws because they work for God and are not employees, Britain’s highest court has ruled.
Disabled families challenge ‘bedroom tax’ in High Court
15 May 2013 06:10 PM
Group says new rules on housing benefit breach human rights
Poor hit hardest by financial crisis and welfare cuts will make it worse
15 May 2013 12:00 AM
After taxes, the richest 10 per cent earned 9.5 times the income of the poorest 10 per cent in 2010
Exclusive: Victims blame insurers for 'insulting' asbestos payouts
05 May 2013 12:00 AM
A new law intended to ensure insurance firms pay compensation when employers' paperwork is lost will apply only to some cancer sufferers, and they will get less than expected
One small step... Inactivity is world's fourth-biggest killer
05 May 2013 12:00 AM
If you're one of the Britons who only walks for nine minutes a day, read on: inactivity is the world's fourth-biggest killer, and two-thirds of us are not being physical enough for good health
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- 2 Austerity has hardened the nation's heart
- 3 Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
- 4 Be more professional! GCHQ staff rapped as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reveals messages that he says point to 'fit up'
- 5 Top A&E doctors warn: 'We cannot guarantee safe care for patients anymore'
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