The government has launched an independent review into how early intervention projects can improve the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children.

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has been criticised for failing to swiftly deal with a surge in its caseload following the Baby Peter scandal.

A CONSULTATION is being held across the borough on the changing face of social care.

More than two years after Khyra Ishaq’s protracted and horrific starvation, Birmingham City Council is still failing to provide adequate protection to vulnerable children, according to safeguarding watchdogs.

Funding withdrawn after Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People refused to carry out Criminal Records Bureau checks on its chief executive

The Director of Children’s Social Care at Birmingham City Council says he will ask for more money for the department if it is needed.

An increasing ageing population will see the number of Britons who are deafblind increase by 60% over the next two decades, according to charity Sense.

Productivity of public services dipped sharply in 2008 despite a spurt of government spending in Gordon Brown’s first full year as prime minister, first official estimates have suggested.

GOVERNMENT funding cuts could force reductions of more than £17 million from a council’s social care and community services.

North Yorkshire County Council is to slash its children and young people’s budget by £14m over the next three years.