An erosion of social values and an increase in family break-ups are being blamed for the record high number of Dundee children in council care.

JUDGES and jurors in Scotland will be able to hear evidence of an accused’s previous convictions and “bad character” under proposals by a panel that advises the Scottish Government on new legislation.

SIGNIFICANT improvements in child protection services in Dundee have been praised by the Care Inspectorate – only three years after a damning report listed a litany of failures by agencies in protecting vulnerable children from “significant harm.”

A woman has claimed her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.

Parents need to do more to stop children spending too much time watching television or playing computer games, according to a psychologist.

A RESIDENTIAL child care worker who supplied alcohol to a “vulnerable” teenager has been struck off.

The number of Scottish councils should be cut by almost half and their powers boosted to revitalise local government, a think tank has said.

A public inquiry is needed into child protection so people can have confidence in the system, Labour leader Johann Lamont has said.

The provision of pharmaceutical care in Scottish care homes is in need of a ‘radical examination’, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).

Legislation to deliver the best package of early learning and childcare in the UK will be introduced in the Scottish Parliament next year as part of the new Children and Young People Bill.