Aberdeen City Council is considering the policy to rule out people who smoke from taking care of children.

Labour councillors in Fife have accused the SNP/Lib Dem administration of being “less than honest” with the public over the future of the region’s council-run residential care homes.

Campaigners fighting the closure of a respite centre which offers short breaks for people with physical disabilities pleaded for the facility to be given a reprieve yesterday.

Highland councillors yesterday rejected proposals to build a 90-bed care home in Lochaber, with one local member branding it “a granny farm on an industrial scale”.

A SCOTTISH National Care Service would help the elderly remain at home longer and end Scotland’s postcode lottery of care, Labour politicians claimed yesterday.

A new trust is investing £50m in Scotland to improve the lives of young people leaving care and the lives of people with dementia, it has been announced.

The Highland Council has been criticised after spending over £2m on a scheme to build five new care homes – only for the project to be scrapped.

The head of social work in Dumfries and Galloway has insisted service provision will not be sacrificed to reduce spending by £780,000.

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has described allegations of abuse at a Scots care home as “serious and distressing”.

A COUNCIL department with an £82 million budget is set to overspend. Social work chiefs say the way things are going they’ll spend £106,000 more than planned by April next year.