A council has been criticised for the way it investigated complaints that a young boy was left alone with a convicted child abuser.

SAVINGS from the proposed closure of two ageing children’s homes in Swansea will be ploughed back into improving services to vulnerable young people, Cabinet has agreed.

A scheme that carries out minor but vital adaptations to older people’s homes to allow them to be discharged from hospital more quickly has been awarded £2.094 million for the next financial year, Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration, Jocelyn Davies, has announced.

COUNCILLORS have rubber stamped a decision to close two children’s care homes in Swansea. Swansea Council’s ruling cabinet has agreed to shut down Ty Gwaun and Ty Cwm in Cockett, which are not fit for purpose.

A horrified mum told yesterday how her six-year-old daughter was repeatedly stripped and sexually abused at school – by 23 of her classmates.

The serious case review process in Wales is to be reassessed after the “failure” of an inquiry into the abuse of a six-year-old girl by classmates.

OPTIONS for how people in Wales pay for social care have yet to be developed. The results of consultation on Green Paper proposals are expected shortly.

Deputy Minister for Social Services Gwenda Thomas has allocated a £3.4 million funding package to support the second phase of the Assembly Government’s Older People’s Strategy. £1.8m will go towards the running of the Commissioner for Older People’s office – the independent champion for older people in Wales.

AN inspection report on a troubled social services department has revealed improvements — but not at a fast enough rate to remove an Assembly-appointed Intervention Board.

A MOTHER suffering serious anxiety hanged herself days after being turned away from the psychiatric unit where she was desperate to be admitted.