Outsourcing job contracts impacts care standards, TUC
Outsourcing public services leads to staff working longer hours for less pay and worse contracts, according to a new study. The TUC said that workers in privatised services are more
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Social care nearing ‘crisis point’ over low pay
Social care in the UK will reach “crisis point” if nothing is done to improve pay and conditions for workers, a new report has warned. A study by the Resolution
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Crime of ‘wilful neglect’ could be extended to children’s social care
Senior public officials and councillors who fail to protect children from sexual exploitation will face up to five years in jail under a new criminal offence being considered by the
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Girls in Oxfordshire subjected to ‘indescribably awful’ sexual exploitation
Hundreds of girls may have been abused in Oxfordshire, a report into “indescribably awful” child sexual exploitation has found. As many as 373 potential victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE)
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Oxfordshire is ‘indictment of failure of frontline workers’, Nicky Morgan
The sexual exploitation of hundreds of girls in Oxfordshire should never have happened, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said as she criticised police and social workers for failing to protect them.
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Cameron vows to tackle ‘industrial scale’ child abuse
Children in Britain have suffered sexual abuse on an “industrial scale” with the authorities failing to act, David Cameron said. The Prime Minister called a Downing Street summit to address
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Oxfordshire grooming probe expects to find 300 CSE victims
A serious case review is expected to find more than 300 young people in Oxfordshire have been victims of child sexual exploitation over the last 15 years. The review, carried
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Ten men charged in Rochdale child grooming probe
Ten men have been charged as part of an investigation into child grooming and sexual exploitation in Rochdale. The men, nine of whom are Asian, are accused of a catalogue
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Drug-driving crackdown rules start today
New regulations to crack down on motorists driving under the influence of drugs take effect from today. Drivers will be prosecuted if they are caught exceeding new legal limits which
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Pain management named top concern by carers of terminally ill
Not being able to manage a loved one’s pain is what worries people most about caring for someone with a terminal illness. Half of all adults surveyed by charity Marie
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