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• Child sexual abuse compensation scheme to be set up in England

  22-05-2023 21:04
  
  Move comes after inquiry found children had faced ‘limitless’ cruelty with complicity of institutionsThe government is to launch a compensation scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse in England, the home secretary has said.The scheme is in response to the findings of a seven-year inquiry that revealed failings by schools, local authorities and other institutions to protect and safeguard the children in their care. Continue reading...
  
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• Almshouse residents may live up to two and a half years longer, study finds

  22-05-2023 07:00
  
  Co-author says UK’s oldest form of social housing could be part of solution to care crisisPoor, older people living in almshouses enjoy longer lives than far wealthier people living elsewhere, a study has found.The secret to longer life has been intensely sought after for centuries. But research using data from almshouses going back 100 years has found that the solution devised in early medieval times to help poverty-stricken knights returning from the Crusades is still relevant today. Con
  
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