Local authorities are failing to properly consult people with learning disabilities on changes to day services, new research from charity Mencap has indicated.

Older and disabled people can now avoid the cowboys and find care firms they can trust to provide support at home thanks to a Surrey County Council scheme.

BASW member Janet Foulds has written a Guardian blog Child grooming – what social workers should know.

Five people with learning difficulties have mounted a legal challenge in the High Court against West Berkshire Council over its social care cuts.

The Old Station Nursery group is to feature on ITV’s Tonight programme next week highlighting the issues surrounding the rising cost of childcare.

Nurseries and children’s centres should be able to take on ‘academy status’ and be freed from local authority control, according to a Conservative MP.

A scheme to shield teenagers from sexual grooming could be rolled out across Greater Manchester.

A mother and stepfather forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal bunker, a court heard today.

A WATERSHED in the care of the elderly in a Yorkshire city has been agreed as senior politicians warned that the biggest shake-up in the sector in half a century is vital to cope with soaring demand.

Barnet Council has been fined £70,000 for losing highly sensitive and confidential information on 15 vulnerable children and young people.