ELDERLY people will have to pay £730 more a year for a bed in a residential home under a series of savage cuts and price hikes unveiled by county council bosses.

MORE than 100 new jobs have been created for care workers in Dorset. South West care company Sunshine Care is meeting extra demand in the county by recruiting 100 new workers over the next two months.

ESSEX children’s services department has been released from two years of constant supervision by the Government after making improvements.

The words ‘European directive’ are usually enough to make all but the most dedicated policy observer yawn and fall asleep. While most of us were busy preparing for Christmas, though, the European Commission published something different which should make us sit up and take notice. The public procurement reform proposals have the potential to create a defining moment in the sector’s role in public service delivery.

VULNERABLE adults claimed they were subjected to violence, sexual abuse and the theft of their benefits by some of the organisations Wirral Council paid to care for them a shocking report has revealed.

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is hearing from increasing numbers of social workers facing financial difficulty, with some turning to payday loans with extortionately high interest rates to cope.

Survey of 30,000 children aged eight to 16 pinpoints family relationships and ‘materialistic traps’ behind low well-being

Using parents as volunteers in early years settings saves money and reaches more families in need, a project in Reading has shown