A national deferred payment scheme to help people pay for their social care costs in old age should be created by ministers, English councils have urged. The Local Government Association
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A LABOUR MP has urged victims of historical abuse in childrens’ homes in the North-East to come forward after one of his constituents failed in a bid for justice alone.
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A REVIEW of residential care for older people in Wales has been criticised for not including a care sector representative on its expert team. An advisory panel compiled by Sarah
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More than 97% alleged victims have already been video interviewed by police as part of Operation Pallial Allegations of historic child abuse from more than 200 alleged victims are now
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A 40-year-old care home in Porthmadog will close following a decision by Gwynedd councillors. Hafod y Gest opened as a temporary building and was not expected to be still in
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A woman allegedly molested in foster care has launched a High Court challenge to being excluded from a Stormont inquiry into historic abuse at children’s homes. Her lawyers argued that
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Five disabled people have succeeded in a legal challenge to the government’s decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund. The £320m ILF currently provides support enabling nearly 19,000 severely disabled
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More than 400,000 people have lost Jobseeker’s Allowance under new government sanctions aimed at ensuring they actively seek work. Some 580,000 sanctions were handed down between October 2012 and June
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A charity has said that Northern Ireland’s adoption laws are 30 years out of date. More than 250 children in NI have been in care for more than 10 years.
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INMATES at the North east’s two main prisons are to take part in a pilot “virtual visiting” project to keep in touch with their families when the two gaols close
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