A holding facility for failed asylum-seeking families to stay in before they are deported from the UK should take in more people, a watchdog has said.

Police were left shocked and disgusted when officers discovered three young children tucked away in a Peterborough house living in filth and neglected by their mother.

Elderly people moved from NHS treatment to care services at home are often kept out from decisions which affect them, a major new study reported today.

Of the UK’s biggest care providers, Bupa Care Homes, has called upon the newly appointed Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to focus on social care funding as his key challenge, after a recent report estimated the total funding shortfall in England to stand at a staggering £892m.

Changes designed to reduce the budget of adult social care in Lincolnshire have ended up costing the county council more.

Inappropriate comments by Dame Jo Williams highlight the difficulties faced by service users on committees

The number of children requiring care or protection has fallen in Suffolk since last year, social services said.

Central Bedfordshire council wants to recruit more social workers by recognising staff achievement and sharing that with others, by Yolanda Corden