IT IS still unclear when a permanent team will be in place to run Calderdale council’s crisis-stricken children’s social-care department.

Economist says providing long-term care for senior citizens is an issue of choice and not affordability

Bexley Council’s handling of a child protection investigation was seriously flawed, according to the Local Government Ombudsman.

Kevin Curley used his final speech at Navca’s annual conference yesterday to criticise the “strange and confused” relationships that have developed between charities and private companies.

Social care providers are not sufficiently focused on projecting an image of quality for their sector and have become too reliant on regulators to maintain standards, MPs have been told.

All local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) will be required to undertake regular checks to assess whether children in their area are at risk of sexual exploitation, under government plans to tackle the problem.