Nicola Sturgeon has said she understands concerns surrounding a “wholly exceptional” court decision in which a student found guilty of sexual assault was granted an absolute discharge. However, the First
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Ministers risk causing “social vandalism of the worst kind” if maintained nurseries close due to funding uncertainty, MPs have heard. Former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell warned the Government must
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching a national campaign in mid-February to address the estimated 110,000 vacancies in adult social care in England. Running across February
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Bosses at childcare organisations have said the industry struggles to retain and recruit good staff, with the profession viewed as “second class”. Representatives from Quarriers, Aberlour and Barnardo’s were giving
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published the Children’s Services Workforce 2017 report, taking a detailed look at the children’s social services workforce. The data in the report supplements
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A disabled woman has won a landmark discrimination case against her landlord after she was told she could not adapt her home to suit her needs. Stacey Smailes, 33, was
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Campaigners have welcomed a “landmark” ruling by the UK’s highest court which they say will benefit “many thousands” of people whose old and minor criminal offences have to be disclosed
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A court in Belfast has heard of one woman’s traumatic experience of seeking an abortion after receiving a diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality. Sarah Ewart, 28, who was refused a
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Thousands of nurses have taken part in a nationwide strike over pay and conditions for the first time in 20 years. More than 30,000 nurses from the Irish Nurses and
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All judges and sheriffs in Scotland will be given specific training on domestic abuse, it has been announced. The training will be provided ahead of the introduction of legislation which
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