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‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives

When he saw a messy yard being criticised on social media, Stephen Jalland grabbed his trimmer and decided to help. An overgrown garden, he discovered, often hides an overwhelmed ownerAnita Thursby ha

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Matilda 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 and often reach crisis point before help is available – then they face a ‘fight for basic support’, experts say. This

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Social care is for us all, and we all must fund it | Letters

Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article on the new prime minister’s commitment to a fair systemPolly Toynbee (Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who be

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What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway

Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on boardEmily Kenway is the author of Who Cares: the Hidden Crisis of Caregi

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Andy Burnham’s first step towards fairer social care for all | Letters

Readers respond to the prime minister’s pledge to spend his ‘political capital’ and find cross-party consensus on reforming social careI write as someone whose disabilities mean that I will be in rece

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Burnham says he told Trump he would be ‘pragmatic’ on drilling for oil in North Sea – as it happened

‘There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that,’ the prime minister says when asked about his conversation with Donald TrumpQ: [From ITV’s Romilly Weeks] You say that Ref

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Even GB News cringes as Reform turns dementia patients into a political football

Honest Bob was rattled at the idea of joining cross-party talks on social care. Why bother behaving as a serious opposition?When you’ve lost the trust of GB News, when you’re too deranged, too extreme

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Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care

Rightwing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for changeFor campaigners perpetually disappointed by the