A social services boss spent £5,000 in a sex shop after plundering the bank accounts of vulnerable people in his care.

The Care Leavers’ Association has just published a new report entitled, Listen Up! Adult Care Leavers Speak Out, based on the experiences of adult care leavers.

The Children’s Society is calling for evidence from the sector of how fathers can be more practically engaged in their children’s upbringing, as part of its Fatherhood Commission.

Care home bosses who illegally employed immigrant workers on 90p an hour have been ordered to pay back almost £500,000.

PUBLIC health bosses are working to reduce the number of suicides in Cumbria. Just over 50 people die through suicide in the county every year, meaning the suicide death rate in Cumbria is higher than the national average by around 15.

IF the public are asked to pay more for social care, then a simpler and fairer system is the least they should expect.