Shropshire council has agreed a business plan to save £80m from its budget, which includes severe cuts to children’s services and elderly care. The authority announced in July that it

Plans to slash the budget for community services in Suffolk as part of £36.8m of cuts mean vulnerable people will “suffer”, opposition councillors say. Conservative-run Suffolk County Council is targeting

CAMPAIGNERS battling to keep a Romsey care home open have been dealt a double whammy. Hampshire’s social care bosses have sent their strongest signal yet that Nightingale Lodge will close,

Six out of seven elderly people will die before they reach the Government’s social care cap, Labour has warned. New research published by shadow care minister Liz Kendall has claimed

Children’s services at Birmingham Council could be taken over by the Department for Education before Christmas if standards do not improve. The takeover will happen if Ofsted inspectors do not

Elderly people face paying £150,000 for residential care before they hit the cap on care costs in England, an analysis by Labour suggests. The sum is more than double the

Increased pressure to fill intermediate care services with people leaving hospital has left less capacity to help people avoid unnecessary hospitalisation, the second national audit of intermediate care has revealed.

No-one could have predicted a mother would murder her two young children after the relationship with her partner broke down, a review has concluded. Fiona Donnison, 47, of Surrey, was