A UNION is calling on Labour councillors to back down over plans to outsource the care of elderly people. The GMB union warned yesterday that moves to privatise some home care would result in a poorer service.

Kent has seen a worrying increase in claims that vulnerable elderly people are being abused in their own homes and while in residential care, a report has revealed.

A CARE HOME inspector is to start work at Notts County Council next week in a bid to improve the quality of care being given to the elderly.

THREE social worker jobs which help people with substance misuse in Notts are to be retained.

The coalition’s review lacks information on social care funding and ministers fail to grasp the important role of communities

Even with efficiency savings, councils will not close the funding gap, according to new report

High childcare costs mean the poorest parents could effectively be paying to go to work once the government’s welfare reforms are introduced, a report by the charity Barnardo’s has found.

Government proposals for a new information system that includes children not at any known risk is a breach of their rights, by Liz Davies

Changes to the administration of domestic care by local councils are leaving carers performing a “juggling act”, one carer claims.

The social services head sacked over the death of Baby P has said that she contemplated suicide after being publicly vilified and avoids the London Underground following police warnings that she might be pushed under a moving train.