Campaigners have warned that massive reductions in UK child poverty might be reversed by the coalition government and it could have the worst child poverty record of any government in a generation.

Social workers in England are to be “freed from pointless bureaucracy”, the government has promised.

When David Behan takes over as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission next month he has a chance to overhaul the health and social care regulator

Every eligible council in England is to take part in the government’s programme to tackle the problems of “troubled families”, ministers have said.

Poll of GPs for British Red cross warns that elderly people’s health being put at risk by a lack of social care support

The College of Social Work is urging social workers to take part in the Department for Education’s consultation on its safeguarding guidance Working Together, which launched Today (Tuesday 12 June).

NSPCC fears for already stretched children’s services as new figures show sharp increase in cases

Commenting on new figures released by the NSPCC showing that reports of neglect to its helpline have doubled over the last two years to reach record levels, Nushra Mansuri, professional officer at the British Association of Social Workers, said:

Telford and Wrekin Council has been fined more than £70,000 for two data protection breaches which revealed information about vulnerable children.

RESIDENTS have been moved out of a Burnley care home after a police investigation was launched into the death of a 91-year-old woman.