A FORMER senior social worker has admitted defrauding a council of more than £8,000.

A care home assistant stole a 92-year-old patient’s life savings and used it to buy designer clothes and takeaway meals for her friends.

An investigation has been launched into allegations that confidential police tapes were found at a Glasgow bus station.

TENS of thousands of council staff across Scotland will transfer to the NHS under a radical plan to look after the elderly which is being announced by ministers today.

There has been a significant fall in the number of serious violent crimes committed by young people in Glasgow, according to the latest figures.

Fife Council has paved the way for the privatisation of all of its residential care homes in what opponents have described as “an affront to democracy.”

Health and social care services in Scotland will work closer together as the country faces soaring bills to look after its ageing population, the Scottish Government is expected to announce today.

Three leading charities have announced swingeing job losses, as the scale of the impact of central and local government cutbacks on Scotland’s voluntary sector begins to become clear.

New plans for fast-track post-court procedures will see low-level offenders sent out to repay their dues to the community within hours of being sentenced.

Justice officials must urgently address a lack of strategy in delivering social work services in Scotland’s jails, inspectors have warned.