AN estimated 4,100 vulnerable elderly and disabled adults will see their council care services scrapped under proposals aimed at saving Birmingham’s adult social care department £51 million over the next year.
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CARE of vulnerable elderly residents will suffer under plans to axe all senior nurse posts in homes run by a Hampshire council, unions have warned.
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The father of a girl who was starved to death after “missed opportunities” by children’s services to save her is suing Birmingham City Council.
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WIRRAL Council’s controversial plan to shut five care and respite homes has been dealt a blow after solicitors acting for a user obtained an injunction against it.
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One in 26 looked after children contact ChildLine about failings and weaknesses in the care system, a new ChildLine report reveals today.
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A Labour bid to oust Fife’s social work chairman from his position has been dismissed by the region’s SNP/Lib Dem administration as nothing more than a political stunt.
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A COUNCILLOR has been accused of telling a police officer that a nine-year-old sex attack victim was asking for it during an outrageous rant about rape.
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THE future for hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow has been thrown into fresh doubt after claims a new contract to support and house them is on the brink of collapse.
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New plans for the minimum price of alcohol in Northern Ireland are to be unveiled on Monday.
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ALMOST 9,000 children in Wales are at risk of, or already suffering abuse or neglect, according to new figures.
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