The head of the German federation of industries has claimed the British are “lost†and has thrown doubt on Berlin’s backing for a short Brexit extension, claiming an “economy can live better with bad conditions than with uncertaintyâ€.
At least one in five children in England allowed to return to potentially dangerous homes under supervision orders are back in court within five years having been subjected to further significant harm, according to research.
Four in five employers in the social care sector admit that low pay is the biggest obstacle to filling the sector’s 110,000 vacancies, a survey has found, as ministers launch a national recruitment campaign for care workers.
Suicidal children as young as 12 are having to wait more than two weeks for beds in mental health units to start treatment, despite the risk to their lives, research reveals.
Emergency “trauma packs†flown into the UK during terrorist attacks are being stockpiled in Britain by the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson over concerns of a risk to life from border delays in the event of a no-deal Brexit.