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Pregnant mothers missing out on crucial services, putting families at risk

NSW Ombudsman's report reveals poor handling of pre-natal reports

Newcastle Herald

Why are Europe’s water protection laws being rewritten? Environmental groups challenge EU’s fast-moving deregulation drive

Environmental groups have challenged European Union water protection rule revisions. They argue the European Commission moved too quickly without adequate evidence. This dispute adds to tensions surrounding the EU's broader regulatory simplification efforts. Businesses seek reduced burdens, while groups fear weakened environmental safeguards. The European Ombudsman will now decide whether…

The Economic Times

London council pays £4,500 to autistic boy who missed months of education

The boy lost out on roughly a school term’s worth of teaching due to council delays and mistakes

Evening Standard

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West London council left disabled man without necessary therapies for 14 months

The Ombudsman issued a number of actions that Ealing council must take to remedy the situation

Evening Standard

London council pays out £4,500 to autistic boy’s family after tuition delays

The council’s dereliction of its duty to offer alternative education support outside of school caused the child and his family avoidable distress, according to the local government watchdog

Evening Standard

Camden Council pays £2,000 to arthritic resident whose leaking radiator it ripped out

The Housing Ombudsman criticised the council for breaching its own repairs policy after failing to react urgently to heating problems

Evening Standard

ADHD and autism services in England ‘under significant pressure’, watchdog warns

Children and adults with ADHD and autism face ‘long waiting times, variations in access and fragmented care’

The Independent UK

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Top cop, minister sorry for botched gunpoint bus arrest of wrong boy

Family speaks out on 'demeaning' illegal search of Aboriginal teen.

The Canberra Times

'We want to know why': Company wants answers on why it's not getting work

The company director says it could have saved taxpayers $800,000.

The Canberra Times

London council ‘failed’ to provide a carer assessment to struggling mother

The council has since apologised to the woman and reviewed and improved its complaints handling in response to the failings

Evening Standard

London council apologises and must pay £6k after disabled mum and child housed in B&B for a year

Ealing Council ruled to have breached legal limits by placing the family in the unsuitable accommodation for 14 months

Evening Standard

How do we make it safer to speak up in Canberra?

The ACT once led the world. Now it lags behind NSW.

The Canberra Times

Resident left without heating or hot water for over nine months – including Christmas Day

A new boiler was not installed until months after the tenant moved in, meaning the Christmas holiday season was spent with cold water and no central heating

Evening Standard

Waspi compensation decision from DWP expected imminently

Waspi have long-campaigned for redress for the way state pension changes were communicated

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Evening Standard

Waspi compensation decision expected imminently

Work and Pensions Secretary will address the Commons on Thursday with an update on pensions.

Euronews

EU Ombudsman says Commission guilty of maladministration in opening up climate laws

The EU's corporate watchdog found the European Commission's decision to re-open the bloc's due diligence law without climate assessments amounted to malpractice.

The Independent UK

What compensation could Waspi women be entitled to and why is it controversial?

New evidence has come to light, the work and pensions secretary says

The Guardian - AU

Centrelink illegally cancelled Daniel’s jobseeker payment. He fought back against the system – and won

After taking his case to the administrative review tribunal, Daniel’s complaint then went to the commonwealth ombudsman, which is now investigating Centrelink

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Euronews

Mercosur deal: Von der Leyen being probed for auto-deleting Macron's text

A text message sent by Emmanuel Macron to Ursula von der Leyen is at the centre of an investigation by the European Ombudsman.

Euronews

Selection process for EU privacy chief triggers complaints to ombudsman

The mandate of the current privacy watchdog of the EU institutions expired in December last year.

Euronews

EU Ombudsman to investigate if Commission at fault in handling of polluting Italian steel mill

It follows a complaint from local campaigners, accusing the Commission of indifference to the plight of Taranto residents and the environment.

The National (Scotland)

Cross-party MPs press UK Government for Waspi U-turn

DOZENS of MPs from across the political spectrum confronted Labour ministers on their refusal to U-turn and compensate Waspi women affected by state…

Evening Standard

MP likens Government to flat-earthers over refusal to compensate Waspi women

Labour’s Rebecca Long Bailey said the Government’s argument against compensation for the 1950s-born women is ‘bizarre’ and ‘makes no sense’.

Evening Standard

West London prison staff failed to spot epilepsy risk before man, 32, found dead in cell

Darren Boamah was found dead in his cell in HMP Wormwood Scrubs last January

Evening Standard

Independent review recommended for police investigation into murdered teenager

The body of Marian Beattie, 18, was found at the bottom of a quarry in Co Tyrone in 1973.

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