Hiring intentions across the public sector have ‘flatlined’, with job losses remaining highest in local government, according to a survey. Charting responses from 2,100 UK employers, the Manpower Employment Outlook
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Associations and charities are calling on the Government to implement a new alcohol strategy to minimise the harm on the most vulnerable in society. “Individuals, families and communities are suffering
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Kent County Council has confirmed that the axe will fall on twelve of the county’s children’s centres and further twenty see their hours cut. For those that will close, services
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The number of public sector workers on low wages doubles to more than one million, with women and part-time staff disproportionately affected by squeeze on incomes. The biggest drop in
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An inquiry into child sexual exploitation is to be held to assess improvements in protecting youngsters since the Rochdale grooming case. Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd announced
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A care assistant took a photograph of an elderly woman lying asleep and semi-naked and posted it on social media. The distressing image was put on the Snapchat app, which
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Forty jobs are to be created by a care agency based at the Somer Valley Enterprise Park at Paulton. Bluebird Care (Bath and North East Somerset), which also has officers
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Workers who care for adults with learning disabilities in Doncaster are considering strike action over proposals to slash their pay. Employees who work for Care UK are said to be
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People who use social care services in York face being left isolated and insufficiently supported, a survey has found. Findings were revealed in a report to City of York Council’s
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Essex County Council has responded to the media reports concerning the delivery, without the mother’s consent, of a baby by caesarean section and the child’s removal into care of the
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