Reading Borough Council axes 300 jobs in spending cuts
About 300 council jobs are being axed in Reading as part of budget cuts, a total of about 6% of the workforce.
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£26.50 a day: The cost of raising a child in Scotland
THE cost of raising a child in Scotland until their 21st birthday has risen to £203,000 – or £26.50 a day – a report has revealed.
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SNP councillor resigns from committee in wake of care homes meeting
A senior member of Fife Council’s administration has resigned from the social work committee in protest at the decision to privatise care home services, The Courier has learned.
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Groups shocked at rise in charges for day care
Support groups for elderly people in Aberdeenshire have expressed shock at council plans to raise charges for day care services by nearly 40%.
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Bridge suicide inquiry to call former school head
The former head of a residential care school for girls is to give evidence in court about the circumstances surrounding the suicides of two of his pupils.
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Plea to save Northern Ireland’s children’s services
Children’s services could be hardest hit by Northern Ireland’s draft budget, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.
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Powys and Ceredigion examine social care collaboration
Social care in Powys and Ceredigion could be headed by one person in future. Ceredigion Council has backed a proposal to conduct a feasibility study to develop a collaboration between the social services departments of both.
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Children’s respite care home in Ormskirk under threat of closure
A CHILDREN’S respite care centre in Ormskirk could be under threat as Lancashire County Council looks to save £179m on its budget over the next three years.
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Six elderly day care centres to shut in Grantham
Six day care centres for elderly people are to close in the Grantham area. Community Care for the Elderly said it was unable to continue services beyond 31 March due to uncertainty around the future of county council contracts.
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Better data sharing ‘could boost social-care prevention’
Councils and the NHS should be sharing data more effectively to better predict which residents are most likely to need “intensive social care” according to health think-tank the Nuffield Trust.
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