Domestic abuse victims and their children are at serious risk of harm as a result of funding cuts to police, health, legal aid and social services budgets, a national charity has warned.
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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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THIRTY workers are facing the dole while service users are looking at an uncertain future after Cambuslang Community Carers and Rutherglen were forced to announce their closure last week.
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ONE in seven children in West Dunbartonshire is living in severe poverty – the second highest proportion in the country.
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INCREASED availability of social work referral schemes could help cut re-offending for crimes where it is not in the public interest to prosecute, according to a new study.
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