Glasgow care home staff begin three-day strike over hours
Staff at Glasgow’s council-run care homes are to step up industrial action with a three-day walkout starting today. The strike is the third this year in the action by Unison
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Former enterprise minister to lead workplace review
An independent review of workplace policies involving trade unions, businesses, academics and government is to be led by a former enterprise minister. Jim Mather will chair the review which will
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Inspectorate serves private school improvement notice amid ‘serious concerns’
The Care Inspectorate has served an improvement notice on an Aberdeen private school at the centre of complaints over the quality of care given to children there. It sets out
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Operation Pallial : Former children’s homes manager denies abuse charges
The former boss of children’s homes in north Wales has appeared at Caernarfon Crown Court to deny 39 charges of historical sex abuse. During a 50-minute hearing, John Allen, 72,
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Northern Ireland drug deaths ‘different from rest of UK’
Drugs-related deaths in Northern Ireland are mostly linked to prescription drugs, unlike other regions of the UK, a study suggests. Whereas the vast majority of drug-related deaths in the UK
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Drug death report reflects growing impact of lethal ‘legal highs’
The deadly risk of so-called ‘legal highs’ and other designer drugs, such as the notorious ‘meow meow’, has been confirmed by a huge leap in their links to drug-related deaths
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Oxfordshire care services get welcome boost following windfall
Oxfordshire County Council has been given a £4m windfall from central government and it intends to use some of the funds to support vital social care functions. The money has
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Birmingham City Council to Axe a Further 1,000 Jobs
Britain’s biggest council is to slash a further 1,000 jobs as part of a £822m cost cutting plan. Birmingham City Council, which has reduced its workforce by 33% since 2010,
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Bid for a smacking ban fails in the Assembly
A bid to change the Children Act and ban smacking in Wales failed in the Assembly last night. After a heated debate AMs voted 14 for and 39 against, with
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Charities voice concern over welfare fund underspend
Charities have welcomed £9.2 million of Scottish Government grants given to people in need but noted a significant underspend in the scheme and a high number of refusals. More than
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