Elaine Kerr, chief executive of the social care charity, said the fine was disproportionate, but the charity has paid it

Up to 100 jobs could be cut at East Sussex County Council under plans to save £60m over three years.

Devon’s three biggest councils have overspent by about £9m on services for vulnerable children and adults.

Care for people with schizophrenia and psychosis is falling “catastrophically short”, a report has found.

Private companies which get public money to run care homes will be made “corporately accountable” for poor standards, the Care Services minister has pledged.

ONE in 10 social services workers in Wirral is in dispute with the council, according to new figures.