Asylum charity Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ) has gone into administration, blaming late payment of legal aid by the Legal Services Commission.

The death of Baby P caused Reading’s social services team to buckle under pressure and led to the poor care of a vulnerable baby boy who died of a cot death.

A disabled rights campaigner has criticised county council proposals to raise £600,000 by increasing the cost of social care services, branding them “immoral”.

A SOCIAL worker who was found with photographs of boys under his supervision in various states of undress will be allowed to continue working with vulnerable children.

Carers and community groups are hit as a flagship Conservative borough seeks to ‘do more with less’

A social worker has been removed from the social care register for frequently accessing pornography at work during his time employed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.

A decision by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to end ring-fencing of the AIDS Support Grant means an uncertain future for HIV social care services, the National Aids Trust (NAT) said today.

Social Services directors are warning they will speak out strongly on behalf of people who need care if spending cuts prevent them getting support. The warning comes in a letter to the Care Minister sent at the same time as a briefing paper to all MPs and 400 peers setting out what the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services see as their four key priorities.

The overwhelming majority of young people feel they are treated fairly, but children perceived to be “different” think they are most likely to be receive unfair treatment, according to a report by the children’s rights director for England.

A doctor missed ‘a unique opportunity’ to save Baby P from being tortured to death eight days before, it was claimed today.