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Sad last days of Harold Wilson revealed by Cabinet Office archives

The Guardian

Former politicians pay tribute after files show ‘Labour’s most successful leader’ was forced to consider selling legacy to pay for his dementia care Margaret Thatcher described him as “the most skilful of politicians” and Tony Blair thought him “Labour’s most successful leader ever”. Such elegies on the death in 1995 of Harold Wilson, 79, the twice Labour prime minister who had Alzheimer’s and colon cancer, betray nothing of the reality of his later years – spent in the unforgiving grip of demen

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NCCPR in the Missouri Independent: What Missouri’s vulnerable children need — and what they don’t

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Two recent news stories aptly illustrate what Missouri children “at risk” of maltreatment need — and what they don’t. What they need is concrete help for their families, so their family poverty is not confused with “neglect” and they are not torn from everyone they know and love and consigned to the chaos of foster care. To his great credit, Missouri Republican U.S.

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School worker jailed for sexually abusing autistic boy aged under 16

The Guardian

Acasia Welburn pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual activity with child by person in a position of trust A school worker has been jailed for sexually abusing an autistic boy who was under 16 at the time, police said. Acasia Welburn, now 26, had been working at a school in North Yorkshire in a “trusted care position” when she abused the child. Continue reading.

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