As reported instances jump 22%, local authorities have a big task – from ensuring a collaborative system operates so signs of abuse are spotted to providing ‘safe houses’ and counselling

The ‘bedroom tax’ does little for either benefits claimants or the public purse and is likely to become the poll tax of 2013, by Dr Tom Manion

As Sandwell council becomes the latest local authority to receive an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating for its ability to protect children, BASW has said that the local authority is not an isolated case and the root of this national problem lies in known workplace issues being ignored.

A hospice in Bury St Edmunds has been awarded more than £325,000 to turn a Haverhill building into a community outreach centre.

A CARE worker who physically and verbally abused a woman with learning difficulties has been jailed for six months.

A member of staff at a care home has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 73-year-old resident.

The chief executive of Action and Elder Abuse has written to the Government expressing his concern about “very weak” proposals on the protection of vulnerable adults.

More than one in four older people who quality for free residential care are having to pay top-up fees, according to new figures.

Children waiting to be adopted are being failed by Islington Council, it was claimed this week, after figures emerged showing the borough is among the worst for waiting times.