ST ALBANS: A care home for elderly blind people has gone on the market after recently announcing its closure.

THE owners of several North East care homes are at the centre of a new protest over rent prices. Union activists staged a demonstration against the “over-charging” of rents at homes for the elderly run by Southern Cross Healthcare Group, which is based in the region.

A flexible childcare training course is set to launch next month, allowing childminders and nannies to fit studying around work.

Critical front-line council staff face losing their jobs after being issued with a 90-day consultation on redundancy, the GMB union has warned.

A recent survey of its members by national umbrella body, Homeless Link, reveals frontline charities predict a rise in homelessness due to public sector cuts. 

More than 5,000 women are selling sex from brothels, massage parlours and other premises in London.

Councils are increasingly tightening their means-testing criteria and reviewing charging policies for social care as new ways of rationing resources are sought ahead of October’s spending review.

After being told to reconsider its ruling that Catholic charity could not discriminate against gay prospective parents, regulator reaffirms original decision

BASW has been asked to submit a report to a Home Affairs Select Committee consultation process that is examining government plans for capping immigration to the UK, potentially affecting the recruitment of overseas social workers.

At least 2,600 women have been trafficked into England and Wales and forced to work as prostitutes, according to a snapshot report published today.