Plans to cut 830 jobs, raise council tax and close libraries have been announced by Manchester City Council in a bid to address a funding gap of £80m.

Care charities have lined up to support a proposed new law to hold care providers from all sectors – including charities – criminally accountable for neglect and abuse in hospitals and care homes.

Adults with disabilities in England are being deprived of basic care and support and are at risk of being forgotten in the wider reform of the social care system, campaigners say.

A MAN has admitted mistreating three vulnerable elderly people in his care, causing one to call him a ‘beast’ and cry out for her dead mother.

Being raped or sexually assaulted is something with which most adult victims would struggle to come to terms. So, imagine what a little child thinks, sexually brutalised, perhaps by a stranger or by someone in their own family. How could a child of seven or eight come to terms with an attack of this nature when they may not even understand what sex is?

Draconian ‘last resort’ cuts to Derby’s supported housing budget will trigger an outbreak of crime and rough sleeping among vulnerable youngsters, say campaigners

A COMPUTER expert alerted Cheshire West and Chester Council to questionable data entries on its website including the disclosure of confidential details of vulnerable children.

Cash-strapped local authorities all over the country have been slashing their fees to home care providers and some are considering going down the same road as care home providers and challenging them in court.

Government plans for former offenders to mentor prisoners as part of its ‘rehabilitation revolution’ must be backed up with effective recruitment, investment and training, a leading academic has said.

Employers need to do more to protect social workers from emotional burnout, BASW warned in the wake of a report highlighting ‘life expectancy’ in the profession is just eight years.