Most adults with autism do not feel that they get enough support or have access to sufficient services, a new study shows.

Reports of children’s services taking a baby from its mother within minutes of birth failed to consider the full facts, says Liz Davies

Lincolnshire County Council is not providing adequate social care for adults, a report states. The Audit Commission report says the council “is still not meeting the needs of some of its most vulnerable citizens”.

LIVERPOOL was today named and shamed the worst performing council in the country. The city finished bottom of the national list.

Downing Street today appeared to back away from proposals floated by the housing minister Caroline Flint for social housing residents to seek work as a condition of their tenancy.

Lord Laming’s report after the death of Victoria Climbié called for a multi-agency approach to children’s care, with adult services split from children’s. Do the key players feel progress has been made?

Carer Elaine McCarthy was given a ten-month suspended jail sentence in October after stealing almost £10,000 from adults with learning difficulties.

A defiant Caroline Flint last night stood by her controversial plan to make new council tenants seek work as a condition of their tenancy, even though the proposal was greeted with widespread condemnation by housing experts.

Popular agony aunt Claire Rayner is to act as the patron for a Harrow charity’s appeal to raise funds to build a new centre for carers who look after older people and those with physical and learning disabilities.

A CARER accused of kicking a 19-year-old with a mental age of two was found not guilty on Monday.