The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is warning students that they will be breaching the Code of Practice if they submit someone else’s work as their own.

In the wake of the spending review leading figures tell CYP Now how they think government cuts will impact on professionals, children and families.

Local government chiefs warn of threat of mass redundancies after George Osborne announces budget cuts of 28%

The Ministry of Justice has reversed plans to abolish fees of up to £5,000 incurred by local authorities bringing care cases to court.

The joint leader of the country’s biggest trade union today began a nationwide tour to rally workers, students and pensioners against the Government’s “destruction” of jobs and services.

Councils will face a challenge to fund child protection services after the spending cuts in England, the Local Government Association has warned.

BASW chief executive Hilton Dawson responded to the Comprehensive Spending Review, revealed as PSW went to press, by warning that a failure to ringfence social work funding would pose a serious threat to services.

George Osborne has announced an extra £2bn of funding for social care, as part of his Comprehensive Spending Review.

The government plans to spend £470m over the next four years building the capacity of the voluntary sector to deliver the Big Society, it announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.

The government has pledged to protect cash for Sure Start, encourage more early years providers into the market and introduce a new and simplified early intervention grant.