A social care chief has apologised for blunders that caused a teenager with learning difficulties to miss a year of education.

As an education director, I rarely considered individual children, instead dealing with them statistically.

Members of the public will be able to rate care homes for the elderly on a new website under plans being developed by the Government.

A top job at Cambridgeshire County Council has been cut – saving taxpayers more than £100,000 annually.

Association expresses ‘deep concern’ at potential reduction of funding for 2012-13

One lesson to emerge from Southern Cross is the need for better clarity in the roles of providers, commissioners, regulators and central government, argues Richard Humphries

Shrien Dewani is not faking mental illness in order to avoid extradition to South Africa, his lawyer has said.

The Archbishop of York has called for an urgent reform to the way care is funded for older people in England in an open letter to the Prime Minister.

Children’s charities are facing a tumultuous year ahead as increased social hardship heightens demand for their services while the attainment of funding becomes more challenging.

Police should be banned from detaining children under 14 in police cells overnight, campaigners have said.