UK news
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MPs shouldn’t face abuse. Neither should their staff – but here’s what we deal with every day | Estelle Warhurst
Before most people have finished their morning coffee, an MP’s staffer might…
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Cambridgeshire, Digital media, Gardens, Health, Life and style, loneliness, Mental health, Social care, Social media, Society, UK news, Volunteering‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives
Anita Thursby had been dreading the gas engineer coming to service her…
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Carers, Children’s health, Disability, Mental health, Parents and parenting, Social care, Society, UK newsMatilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system
Parent-carers of disabled children are exposed to chronic levels of extreme stress…
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Mental health: one step forward and two steps back? | Letters
It’s very encouraging to hear the announcement about the new network of…
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Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts
Millions of adults and children in England face being forced to wait…
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Apprenticeships, Education policy, England, Ireland, Mental health, Politics, poverty, Social exclusion, UK news, Unemployment, Young people, Youth unemploymentWhat can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on a quest to solve youth jobs crisis
Alan Milburn is guiding a metal loop along the serpentine wire of…
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NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services
An NHS mental health trust plans to cut a wide range of…
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Environment, Health, Mental health, Police, Pollution, Retail industry, Society, Transport policy, UK newsTraffic, mobiles, music … let’s turn the volume down | Letters
Your editorial is right that noise pollution deserves to be treated as…
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Bill Oddie, Culture, Death and dying, depression, Dogs, Ice-cream and sorbet, Mental health, Pets, Radio, Society, UK newsHow Bill Oddie was a comfort to me | Brief letters
Sad to hear of Bill Oddie’s death (Report, 27 July). He first…
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Make the kids’ summer holidays go with a bang – play together like orangutans | Helen Pilcher
The school summer holidays are upon us. Cue the annual expectation that…
