The troubled child sex abuse inquiry has “crumbled” after successive failures by the Government to choose the right leader for the probe, an eminent barrister has warned. Michael Mansfield QC
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Four out of five local councils say they do not have enough capacity to care for older people in their area, a study suggests. The report, from the Family and
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The Government should provide tax breaks to encourage people to save to pay for the costs of social care, a former pensions minister has said. Baroness Altmann (pictured), who was
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One of the biggest victims’ groups involved in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has announced it is formally pulling out of the probe. In the latest setback for
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Every former health secretary of the past 20 years has signed an open letter voicing “alarm and dismay” at the Government’s failure to deliver on promises to improve services for
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The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and Ofsted has agreed to share information with a view to improving each other’s intelligence of local authorities children’s services. The Protocol between the two
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A council, a social worker and a police officer criticised by a family court judge investigating child sex abuse allegations have won a fight to remain anonymous. Court of Appeal
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A Labour peer who fled the Nazis has accused the Government of breaking its promises to provide sanctuary for more child refugees. The Government earlier this year pledged to take
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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)’s investigation into the handling of the case of late peer Lord Janner has been delayed. A spokeswoman said the inquiry was committed
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Carers who repeatedly miss appointments with dementia sufferers have been claiming their patients did not remember them visiting, MPs have heard. Labour’s Rosena Allin-Khan, a former A&E doctor, added family
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