The Dilnot report on funding older people’s care is expected soon. Will politicians take up its likely proposal for the state to contribute more?

AN organisation claiming to represent 60 per cent of the county’s care home providers has warned that a county council funding offer is unacceptable.

Government plans for women to receive compulsory counselling ‘independently’ will delay treatments, charities say

Workers in the residential care home sector have signed a petition of no confidence in the industry regulator – the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

A REVIEW into the death of a man with learning difficulties has brought fresh calls for a full audit of Barnet Council’s contracts.

Pensioners must face up to “the nasty truth” that all but the poorest will have to pay for their own elderly care, a minister has warned.

Voluntary sector organisations must be more consistently involved in policy decisions about children’s services if the government is serious about improving them, according to a report by the chief executives body Acevo.

Ceop completes six-month exercise gathering data on the targeting, grooming and abuse of children

Swingeing frontloaded government cuts to council funding have led to an average 8.4% cut in budgets for adult social care budgets this year. This could be a devastating blow to a care system which is now in crisis, Labour Shadow Ministers have said today.

Child abuse victims are likely to go undetected because of a massive drop in professionals taking up child protection training including school staff, a major provider has warned.