Some councils in England fear budget pressures will hit care services which help elderly and vulnerable adults live at home, a BBC survey has found.

FIVE men will spend a total of 32-and-a-half years behind bars after being found guilty of a raft of sex abuse offences against girls as young as 13.

Charities say parents receive little official support to cope with problems that emerge from adopting an abused child

Scientists in Bristol are developing robots to provide care and companionship for elderly people. It is an attempt to address the issue of who will care for Britain’s increasingly ageing population.

Care services minister Paul Burstow admitted that personal budgets were not suitable for all people but said the government wanted to increase the take-up of them “significantly”.

A charity has warned care funding is not enough to cope with an ageing society as BBC-commissioned research suggests half of residents in some areas will be aged 50 plus by 2029.

Social care leaders will unveil their vision of how public services should support vulnerable people and call for the Government to set out its plans.