A London-wide project is attempting to strengthen third sector safeguarding procedures in a bid to help voluntary organisations win more contracts from local authorities.

A leading social work academic is urging the government not to scrap local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) after a ministerial adviser suggested they were unnecessary.

An elderly couple found dead in their home “consistently refused support” from authorities, an independent review found yesterday.

Charity mulls challenge after regulator reaffirms decision that it cannot restrict its adoption services to heterosexual couples

A nurse who was recorded snoring when she should have been looking after elderly and infirm residents at a care home has been suspended for a year.