The number of complaints about adult social care in Kent has more than doubled in the past five years.

More than three quarters of people are oblivious to how much social care could cost them in the future and are not making financial plans as a result, a survey has revealed.

The man given the task of deciding how social care in England should be funded says the status quo “is not an option”.

A SOCIAL worker from Broadstairs has been jailed for four years after admitting sexually abusing a girl.

Social workers are endangering the lives of vulnerable children by failing to engage with men in child protection cases, the Fatherhood Institute has warned.

Ex-drug addict Natalie’s children were forcibly adopted, Amy was never allowed to take her babies home, and Jayne had 12 children removed from her care. But when is it appropriate for the state to come between mother and child? And is the fundamental right to have children now coming under threat?

Care services minister Paul Burstow admitted that personal budgets were not suitable for all people but said the government wanted to increase the take-up of them “significantly”.

A charity has warned care funding is not enough to cope with an ageing society as BBC-commissioned research suggests half of residents in some areas will be aged 50 plus by 2029.

Some councils in England fear budget pressures will hit care services which help elderly and vulnerable adults live at home, a BBC survey has found.

FIVE men will spend a total of 32-and-a-half years behind bars after being found guilty of a raft of sex abuse offences against girls as young as 13.