David Cameron and Nick Clegg are close to agreeing a deal to provide universal state funding for elderly care for the first time, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

A COMPANY providing care for the elderly is expanding to meet the increased demand created by an ageing population.

The parents at the centre of the Ukip fostering row said the council had behaved “like the mafia” and told them to keep quiet after removing three children from their care.

Increasing numbers of people in work are finding themselves in poverty, according to a report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

A couple who had three foster children removed from their care because of their membership of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) have said they are surprised they have had no apology from the council involved.

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) said it is “disappointing” that nearly a quarter of social workers in England have yet to renew their registration and announced an extension of the deadline for doing so until 2 January.

A dedicated unit will be opened for young homeless people in Jersey. The facility is a joint project between the Shelter Trust and the Health and Social Services Department.

A COUPLE at the centre of a fostering row because of their membership of the UK Independence Party are demanding an apology and fear they may be barred from looking after children after claiming their names have been “besmirched” by their local council.

PLYMOUTH City Council has been fined £60,000 for sending a child neglect report containing “highly sensitive personal data” to the wrong person.

Essex CC has today awarded the country’s first-ever social impact bond in children’s services to protect vulnerable adolescents at risk of going to jail.