Society
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Assertion windfall can help fund £20bn injection ‘treats public as fools’, says Tory MP -
After eight years of 1% rises, PM marks 70th birthday of NHS with a larger boost - but is it enough?
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Three Eritrean teenagers killed themselves after travelling to Britain without their parents -
The Association of Directors of Adult Services says lack of investment could leave older and disabled people struggling -
City co-op pays homage to Kitty Wilkinson, who opened the UK’s first public washhouse
NHS 70th anniversary
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A 24-hour care team in West Yorkshire is easing the pressure on emergency services -
As the health service responds to new demands and medical advances, more staff and new careers are being developed -
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As the welfare state turns 70, we celebrate those who make it work, despite eight years of government austerity -
Want to enter this year’s awards? Here are our judges’ tips on making it through to the shortlist -
Outlining the full timetable of the awards and addressing entrants’ frequently asked questions
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Charlotte Caldwell wants to see ministers discuss legalising THC for children with epilepsy -
Health Foundation says new funding not enough to put right damage of austerity years -
Ministers to claim ‘Brexit health dividend’, but cabinet split over scale of tax increases
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Letters: Squeezing council funding in this area is ultimately a false economy, writes Alex Khaldi of Grant Thornton -
Charity alliance warns back pay bill for sleep-in shifts poses ‘biggest threat to social care any of us has seen’ -
Nigel Richardson, chair of a care crisis review group, says there is a surge in children being taken into care -
The profession works in risky, sometimes dangerous situations yet is treated differently to other emergency service colleagues
Public leaders
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Editorial: Opening facilities for longer but without librarians is a mixed blessing, though still better than closing them, as we do in Britain -
Some terrorist groups meet the needs of desperate women better than those battling extremism, says Nato official -
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Key events in aftermath of news that Oxfam covered up inquiry into staff paying for sex
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Exclusive: charity says it will have to cut aid programmes as it copes with scandal fallout -
Letters: Its former CEO Anthony Lawton says the charity was inspired, not named after, the office tower Centre Point -
Theresa May also says sorry for not having met victims until two days after the fire
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Nerisa Ahmed and husband threaten to sue government agency that helped them buy home -
The Tories’ NHS pledge puts them on a Brexit bus to nowhere