Children in care is not a subject that attracts much media attention, but a new project aims to change that.

Hundreds of young people are trying to sue local authorities in England and Wales for failing to remove them from abusive homes, lawyers are claiming.

A CARE worker who illegally injected an elderly man has been sentenced. Julie Ann Taylor, who is already serving a prison sentence for stealing from another victim, lied about her qualifications before giving the injection.

Eight of the 10 local authorities with the highest levels of child poverty are in London, according to the End Child Poverty campaign.

Social care is facing a funding gap of more than £1bn by 2014 in England – a situation which would have consequences for the NHS, a leading think-tank says.

Mental well-being has become an ‘emerging priority’ for local authorities, but councils ‘struggle with a lack of shared understanding’ of the issue, it has emerged.

The £1 billion social care funding crisis is a pincer movement that could damage services for the disadvantaged and elderly, said the Unite union.

COUNCIL staff could be given the chance to bid for the running of a care service for elderly people in York as it faces privatisation.