The Welsh government has said it will not bail out a struggling care home company. Southern Cross, which has 34 homes in Wales housing mainly elderly residents, said it will reduce its rent bill amid financial trouble.

THE number of complaints made to Newport council’s social services department increased by more than 50 per cent in the past two years.

Lawyers defending a woman who killed her severely autistic son have said that social services let the family down.

Bruce McLernon considers the challenge of providing social services which are no longer based on institutions

Two members of the Welsh assembly have been temporarily disqualified from their positions on a technicality.

MORE criticism has followed cuts by Conwy County Council in funding activities for those with learning disabilities.

FEARS that home care services for vulnerable residents will be privatised have been eased after a £1million deal was struck by council bosses and workers.

TORFAEN council is forecasting a shortfall of almost £4million in this year’s social care and housing budget.

MORE children are reporting assaults by members of their own family, new figures show. And charities warn that the increase in violence could be down to growing financial pressure within families.

ABERYSTWYTH’S Bodlondeb care home could be closed, leaving a question mark over 30 jobs in the home’s 50th anniversary year.