Vulnerable children in Kent may still be exposed to risks despite the efforts by social services chiefs to address serious failings in a damning Ofsted inspection.

Charities have cautiously welcomed the government line that the personalisation of services will be at the heart of its public service reforms, which are due to be announced next month.

Care for the elserly at their own homes are “seriously failing” and in many cases violate the basic human rights of the elderly, a report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found.

A REVIEW of care homes in York is to be carried out because of concerns about the quality of some of the city’s facilities.

A residential hospital for vulnerable adults near Bristol where alleged abuse was secretly filmed by the BBC Panorama programme is to close on Friday.

A SOCIAL worker who guzzled alcohol during working hours has been found guilty of misconduct.

More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.

Elderly care home residents in Britain are being denied “basic justice” as austerity cuts leave the system in “crisis”, Europe’s human rights chief has warned.

Prime minister attempts to make virtue of policy U-turns and revised timetable for change

THREE people from Cornwall with learning disabilities were allegedly abused at the Bristol care home at the centre of a new scandal, it has been revealed.