A social worker who received a police caution for sexually harassing a colleague has been admonished by the General Social Care Council (GSCC).

A report launched today by The Princess Royal Trust for Carers reveals that 70% of older carers suffer a devastating impact on their health due to their caring role.

There has been a huge rise in insolvencies in the health and social care sector, with an increase of 49% in the first six months of this year alone, research shows.

LIFELINE health services in Knutsford are expected to close after council bosses approved plans to ‘improve’ adult social care.

A planning application has been submitted for a new £6m development in the East Sussex resort of Seaford.

The Centre for Deaf People in Bristol is to lose its funding from the city council. The authority says the centre, which has been based in the city for 125 years, does not provide a good quality service.

Four members of staff from Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s children’s services have been praised following the recent Ofsted inspection.

Nadine Dorries has lost her amendment on abortion by 118 votes to 368, following an intensely emotional debate in which she accused Lib Dems of blackmailing the prime minister.

Leeds City Council has approved plans to close five of its care homes, saying it cannot afford to maintain them.

A damning inspection of Peterborough’s safeguarding practices has prompted the director of children’s services to resign.