Radical proposals for a £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay for Gordon Brown’s social care plans may be endorsed by the government before the general election.

Savings of £174m a year can be made if the government maintains short break funding for disabled children and their families beyond 2011, a report has claimed.

The elderly will be given six weeks support so they can stay in their own homes after a stay in hospital, Gordon Brown announced yesterday.
 

Jobseekers in Stoke on Trent have received a colossal boost following news of a £1.4 million cash injection for social care training in the area.

The General Social Care Council (GSCC) has appointed a former social worker as its new chief executive. Penny Thompson will replace the interim chief executive Paul Snell, who was brought in following the suspension and dismissal of former chief executive Mike Wardle.

A SOCIAL worker who was employed by Kirklees Council has been accused of sexual misconduct. Leslie Healey, who worked for the council from 1997, is said to have formed an improper sexual relationship with a woman who was a social services client.

A CRITICAL Ofsted report has revealed a “significant number” of vulnerable children in Stockton had either not been seen or not had their protection needs assessed by social services.

Police have launched an investigation after a woman died at a care home. Officers are looking into “possible neglect offences” after the death of Barbara Merritt, 78, at Heath Hill Lodge in Heath Hill Avenue, Brighton.

A judge has criticised Doncaster social services after hearing of a shocking catalogue of cruelty to two young girls over a four-year period.
 

DONCASTER’S new director of children’s’s services has vowed to stick around to help improve the troubled department.