A Conservative-controlled council in the Midlands are considering radical plans that would force the parents of children taken into care to pay or make contributions towards the cost of the

A HEALTH and social care charity based in Widnes has announced its ambition to become the leading group in its field in coming years. Community Integrated Care revealed the goal

A FORMAL consultation which began on Monday could see 4,800 people across Cornwall paying more to receive adult care from the county council. The authority is re-evaluating what people pay

A CARER who stole £7,000 from an elderly couple with learning difficulties will only have to pay back £500. Lesley Carter, 27, stole money from the bank accounts of Richard

ELEVEN people have today been arrested following an investigation into the death of an 86-year-old woman who died shortly after moving out of a care home in Nottingham. Ivy Atkin,

Police have reopened a 10-year-old investigation into sexual abuse at a former County Durham detention centre, which saw two staff jailed. Church minister Neville Husband, who worked at Medomsley juvenile

The chair of Amnesty International UK has resigned after making a series of jokes about mental health on his Twitter page. Ciarnan Helferty, 26, made the comments over a number

Tom Wright, group chief executive of the charity, says that the redundancies comprise about three per cent of all its staff Age UK expects to make up to 90 redundancies

A couple were left ‘helpless’ after their gravely ill one-year-old was taken from them by Surrey County Council on the basis of ‘wholly improbable’ fears. The High Court heard on

A CARE home is set to expand — creating 20 new jobs in Bolton. The Bakewells in Junction Road, Deane, has received a funding package to construct an extension with