United effort in purge on drug crime
Drug users who terrorise communities by funding their habit through violent crime and theft face a crackdown.
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Dumfries and Galloway foster carer rate rise rejected
A proposed increase in allowances to foster carers in Dumfries and Galloway has been narrowly rejected.
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Increase in misconduct of those working in NI social care
An increasing number of people working in social care in Northern Ireland have been found guilty of misconduct, the BBC has learned.
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Five Leeds City Council care homes face closure threat
Five council-run residential care homes in Leeds have been recommended to close. A city council report proposes the closure of Kirkland House, Westholme, and Grange Court, with Spring Gardens and Knowle Manor to shut once new homes have been built in Morley and Otley.
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Councils to share £6m intensive support fund
The government has announced that 37 councils will receive a share of £6m to develop and expand intensive support for vulnerable families and foster carers.
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Care company KDAC folds leaving vulnerable without help
A CARE company has folded leaving elderly and vulnerable people without carers. KDAC has now been liquidated after becoming insolvent.
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Mental health care standards improve in Wiltshire
Standards in mental health care in Wiltshire have improved again according to a recent survey.
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Call for mediation talks over staff pay cuts at Quarriers
Management at Scottish social care charity Quarriers are facing calls to enter mediation talks after staff voted to strike over pay cuts.
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Prison boost from Kirk guilds
CHURCH guilds from across Scotland have boosted a widely-acclaimed prisoner visiting centre in Perth through donations totalling £125,000.
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Stirling child protection service improves
INSPECTORS say “positive progress” is being made by Stirling Council in protecting the area’s most at risk children.
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