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Female genital mutilation may be much more prevalent in Britain than previously believed, with over 500 new cases identified in December alone, new figures showed yesterday.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre said that 558 new patients at acute NHS hospital trusts in England were found to have undergone the illegal procedure.
In all there have been 1,946 newly identified cases since September, of which 47 were under the age of 18.
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors