Social Care
BASC condemns Crimestoppers campaign against law-abiding firearms owners The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has today condemned a new campaign launched in Cumbria by Crimestoppers which encourages the public to make anonymous accusations against licensed firearms holders. “Crimestoppers are inviting people to make secret accusations with a 100 per cent guarantee that the… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed a ‘landmark’ recommendation from the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review to add Religious Education (RE) to the National Curriculum in England after a thorough review of its content to be conducted by an expert group in the coming months. Humanists UK has advocated for this for many decades and today hailed… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson MPs have called on the major parties to avoid “pre-election point-scoring” and come together to achieve consensus on social care reform. The report from the Commons’ health committee comes after a conference on Wednesday in which the Conservatives criticised health secretary Andy Burnham for failing to make up his mind on the… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Less than a quarter of government funding aimed at giving carers a break to go on holiday has been used in this way, new figures have shown. A freedom of information request by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers showed that in 2009/10, primary care trusts planned to use just 23% of… Read more »
