Stoke-on-Trent City Council is making one of the largest cuts to social care in the West Midlands region, a BBC survey suggests.

Social care budgets in Norfolk have increased for the current financial year, but there are fears they are not keeping pace with demand.

The manager of a charity-run child protection programme in Dorset has warned that council cuts will have a knock on effect on vulnerable families.

There is a North-South divide in spending on social care in England following the government’s Spending Review, BBC research suggests.

Services for the most vulnerable in Leicestershire will be maintained despite county council budget cuts, the authority has said.

Bristol City Council has said it has been too reliant on putting vulnerable adults into residential care in the past.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today announces the start of a consultation on a new excellence award for adult social care services in England.

Social work leaders say reforms proposed by Munro to free child protection teams from central control may be threatened by cuts to services

Councils are being urged to improve their support for homeless teenagers, following a damning Court of Appeal judgment against Lambeth Council.

Government promises reform of laws covering support for older and disabled people and carers after Law Commission report