CAMPAIGNERS have forced a debate on controversial social care changes after collecting more than 8,000 signatures.

A mum sent details of her meeting with social services staff through the post was shocked to find confidential case notes for another family stapled to the report.

Autistic teenagers like Danny Hornby have nowhere to go when they leave school. A new campaign hopes to develop post-19 services that open up life chances and opportunities for all

Children at risk of abuse in Leeds are being given better levels of protection, inspectors have found. A report by children’s services watchdog Ofsted said “significant progress” had been made since the last inspection of the city’s child protection services.

Child poverty is set to rise steadily over the next decade, while a further 600,000 children are expected to be living in absolute poverty by 2013.

Maurice Bates, interim chair of the college, explains why the professional body will launch next year despite a breakdown of talks with BASW

Many social workers depend on their cars to do their jobs, but local authorities are slashing funding and even parking spaces

CARERS have been accused of “neglect and abuse” of an 85-year-old man with Alzheimer’s, after his family used secret cameras to film their “shocking” behaviour.

A SOCIAL worker has given evidence in the case of four siblings who are suing Milton Keynes Council, claiming the authority failed to protect them from being abused by their father.

An academy has opened in Birmingham to help improve children’s social care in the city, partly in response to criticisms over Khyra Ishaq’s death.