More than one in four older people who quality for free residential care are having to pay top-up fees, according to new figures.

Children waiting to be adopted are being failed by Islington Council, it was claimed this week, after figures emerged showing the borough is among the worst for waiting times.

A couple wrongly investigated for child abuse by the council at the centre of the Baby P scandal today told how bosses tried to “crush” them as they fought to clear their names.

A care home has been slammed by the Care Quality Commission after a random inspection was carried out earlier this year.

A social worker has been struck off for fraudulently claiming paid compassionate leave – after falsely reporting that six relatives had died.

SOCIAL care costs in Calderdale are rising – and people who paid nothing will soon face a charge. Calderdale Council says it is bringing in “fairer charges” for its care services.

Less than one in three people are satisfied with the state of social care, a poll has suggested. Only 30% of people said they were content with social care services provided by local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, found the British Social Attitudes 2011 survey.

TEENAGE mothers are to be given their own personal nurses to act as mentors for up three years advising them on everything from breast feeding to keeping their boyfriend.

A London council is considering moving homeless families to Margate, one of the country’s economic black-spots.

A father convicted of killing six of his children in a fire at his Derby house has been jailed for life at Nottingham Crown Court.