A care worker stole cash from a 71-year-old man she was supposed to be helping.

Local authorities could save in the region of £1.2m each if they invest in prevention schemes to tackle youth homelessness, research has revealed.

An innovative scheme in which health and social care services work side by side to cut hospital admissions has been hailed a major success.

Ministers told that councils will find it ‘exceptionally difficult to maintain a basic youth offending team’

West Sussex council plans to save £2.2m over the next year, and 9,000 vulnerable people will have their needs reassessed

AN independent investigation has upheld complaints about Camden social services’ treatment of a teenager after she was wrongly placed in foster care.

CALLS are growing for a judicial review over a decision to axe social care help for people with moderate needs. 

Social workers and teachers in Middlesbrough failed to act upon the injuries suffered by a disabled child being abused at home.

Social care services provider Care UK has completed the sale of its Shropshire-based children’s residential services business to Keys Education and Care.

Council leaders have clashed over the outcome of a legal review into Wirral’s controversial care home closures.