BBC Verify's Ben Chu has been in Leeds asking people if they know how big the national debt is. Source link

George Torr, in NottinghamFamily handoutZara Cheesman died of bacterial meningitis on 23 DecemberNeglect by ambulance workers contributed to the death of a 15-year-old girl who had bacterial meningitis, a ...

Alison HoltSocial affairs editor andJames Melley and Judith BurnsBBCThe cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly doubled in five years but many children still do ...

Getty ImagesPlans for a Maggie's centre in Dumfries were first mooted over a decade agoLong-delayed plans to build a cancer care centre in the grounds of a hospital in ...

Rita had been in the home, Homestead House in Norwich, since the start of the year. It began as temporary respite care, but morphed into a permanent arrangement. Then ...

Gemma SherlockBBC News, North East and CumbriaAndy WatsonBBC Look NorthReporting fromWitherwack, SunderlandBBCThe building in Sunderland was badly damaged in the crash, which happened on Wednesday eveningEight people have been ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The "rapid" inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing ...

Alison HoltSocial affairs editorGetty ImagesCare providers have said the government is taking away the "lifeline" of overseas recruitment without fixing the problems that make it difficult to recruit UK ...

GeorgiaGeorgia: "In the care system you have to do quite a lot to get any sort of attention"A woman who was moved into care as a teenager has said ...

Getty ImagesThe NHS in England is planning "previously unthinkable" cuts to try to balance the books, health bosses say.Services including diabetes care for young people, rehab centres and talking ...

Care workers will no longer be recruited from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the home secretary has told the BBC.Yvette Cooper said "it ...

A failure to fix England's social care system is costing the country in financial and human terms, cross-party MPs have warned.Doing nothing to reform social care for older and ...