Vulnerable children at risk from taxi licensing reforms
Plans to relax taxi laws could put children at greater risk of sexual exploitation, councils are warning. Currently, anyone using a minicab can travel safe in the knowledge that the
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Burnham vows better deal for carers and ‘one team’ plan for health integration
Carers will be given better support if Labour wins next year with funding for breaks and annual health checks, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has revealed. In a key note
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CQC demand immediate improvements at Durham care home
The Care Quality Commission has issued five formal warnings to Gainford Care Homes Limited stating that that they must make immediate improvements at Lindisfarne CLS Nursing, Chester-Le-Street, County Durham. The
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Women’s rights groups launch peititon for compulsory sex education
In the wake of the Rotherham scandal, high levels of sexual assaults in schools & the impact of online pornography, lessons on sex and relationships should be compulsory in primary
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Social workers make right decision in 84% of child protection cases
Research finds that five years on from the tragic Baby Peter Connelly case, local authority social workers are making timely and well prepared care applications for children at risk. Continuing
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Public services to suffer as series of strikes on way
The Government is facing a series of strikes by public sector workers after an announcement that civil servants are to stage a national walkout next month. Members of the Public
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Early years development continues to fail across England
Half of children have not attained their expected level of development when they move on from reception to their first year of school, new figures suggest. Only 52% of five-year-olds
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Judge blames Somerset council social work for ‘systemic failure’
Somerset County Council has come under fire from a judge over the way staff dealt with a severely disabled 19-year-old woman who was not allowed to return home after bruising
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Miliband pledges 36,000 jobs as part of major healthcare investment
Ed Miliband put the NHS at the heart of his general election pitch today, promising to boost funding by soaking mansion owners, tax dodgers and tobacco firms. The Labour leader
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Support for learning disabilities ‘still has a long way to go’
The social care system needs to be turned on its head to provide better support and better value for money. That’s the conclusion of Lucy Hurst-Brown, chief executive of
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