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North Lanarkshire Council chief executive announces £73m of cuts

By The Wishaw Press27th September 2012News Scotland

Hundreds of jobs will be axed and scores of services slashed – that’s the stark reality for embattled North Lanarkshire Council.

East Dunbartonshire homecare shake-up is shocking, claim families and residents

By The Kirkintilloch Herald27th September 2012News Scotland

DISGRACEFUL, shocking and “a complete mess” – that’s how East Dunbartonshire Council employees and their clients have described the reorganised Homecare service which launched last week.

1000 jobs could face axe at Glasgow City Council

By The Scotsman27th September 2012News Scotland

SCOTLAND’S largest council is expected to axe one thousand jobs as it looks to save close to £50m from its budget over the next two years.

Care homes: ‘Level of care for the over 65s in Notts is disgraceful’

By The Nottingham Post26th September 2012News England

MAKING the decision to move a relative into a care home is a tough one for many families. Inspections are designed to help people choose homes with confidence, but information we publish today shows that homes in Notts are performing worse than in any other county in the East Midlands.

Care home staff hit out at ‘disgusting’ treatment of elderly

By The Edinburgh Evening News26th September 2012News Scotland

FORMER carers of a pensioner who died amid a probe into the standard of at-home support he received have told how the private firm behind his care package had failed him.

Council withdraws benefits from man with autistic son

By The Independent26th September 2012News England

A London borough which was forced to pay out damages to a father after his autistic son was illegally removed from his care have threatened to withdraw the family’s housing benefit.

Peterborough City Council appoints new executive director of children’s services

By Peterborough Today26th September 2012News England

Peterborough City Council has announced the appointment of a new executive director of children’s services. Sue Westcott, currently assistant director for safeguarding families and communities, will take up the position from January 2013.

Crisis in social care costs Britain over £5bn a year

By The Independent26th September 2012News England

Britain’s fragile economy is losing more than £5bn a year as a result of a growing crisis in social care funding aggravated by the Government’s austerity measures.