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The death of Peter Connelly, or 'Baby P', has so undermined public faith in child protection that recruits are hard to find

Communication problems cited in Baby P report  new

A senior doctor who claimed Baby P could have been saved if concerns about a hospital had been listened to was "taken seriously", according to a report published today.

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Think tank: 'A million public sector jobs must go'  new

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

A million public sector jobs, including frontline roles in the NHS and the police, must be axed if the Government is to cut its deficit, a think-tank said today.

Pit worker killed in mine shaft plunge

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Police were today investigating the death of a colliery worker who reportedly fell down a mine shaft at a pit.

Charlotte Shaw drowned while training for the Ten Tors Expedition in 2007

Ten Tors death: teacher 'ignored pleas'

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Inquest into girl killed on Dartmoor told that hikers wanted expedition abandoned

2009 has been a difficult year for many charities, with one in three considering mergers

Charities forced to merge or lay off staff as economic crisis hits their funding

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Services for the most vulnerable are in jeopardy as donations dry up

Private finance initiative 'terrible' for taxpayers  new

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

A leading union called today for a moratorium on the private finance initiative after claiming that taxpayers were "locked" into £250 billion of payments on hundreds of projects.

Collusion claim over Robert Hamill murder  new

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Collusion of the worst kind was at work in the Robert Hamill case, the public inquiry into the Portadown Catholic's murder has been told.

Tears at blaze inquest as dad's sordid secrets are revealed  new

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Stunned relatives from two families wept in court as the secret life of a man suspected of murdering his family in a house inferno was graphically exposed.

Married couple 'too young' to live in the UK

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

A married couple lost a High Court battle yesterday against a Government immigration policy aimed at combating forced marriages.

Big squeeze hits middle classes and rich

Monday, 7 December 2009

Sean O'Grady: The best-off will see their spending power cut by as much as 9 per cent in the most vicious assault on their living standards in three decades.

Brown to curb top public sector salaries

Monday, 7 December 2009

PM detailed plans to cut another £3bn from the cost of running Government.

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