By introducing gang injunctions, the British government is adopting a policy that has failed to reduce violence in the US

Child protection should be less about red tape, targets and form-filling and more about looking after the child, an official report says.

BASW – The College of Social Work has welcomed the interim findings of Professor Eileen Munro but urged her to go further in the extent to which her report addresses failings in the child protection system.

When managers see Ray Hart and his team coming, they sometimes bolt the door. “People don’t like us doing what we do,” he admits. “But we are what we are. As an accountant, I don’t presume to be a particularly popular person. I’m used to it.”

The toll that alcohol takes on many people’s lives is laid bare in a survey which has prompted fresh calls for action to tackle widespread chronic drinking across Britain.

MORE than 700 council employees have been told their jobs are at risk due to cuts in Government funding.