England’s Children’s Rights Director Roger Morgan has released the annual children’s care monitor.

Ofsted’s new adoption targets could inadvertently reduce the number of children put forward for adoption, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

Soaring care home charges – up by more than £4,000 a year, in some cases – is putting more pressure on UK pensioners to sell their homes. The rising fees are partly due to local councils cutting back on the number of poorer pensioners they fund.

In the Lords, an amendment is being put forward that seeks to retain a vital level of protection for vulnerable people. By Louise Kirsh

A council and a police force have admitted failings after a Bridlington man was jailed for injuring two babies.

Foreign nationals are to be offered free treatment for HIV on the NHS under plans backed by the government.

A GROUP which represents council social care departments has moved to reassure residents of Four Seasons care homes that the company is not in financial trouble.

Social services chiefs have called for legislation to halt London councils using Kent as a dumping ground for children in care.

The natural father of Baby P is suing the publishers of a Sunday newspaper for £130,000 damages for printing “one of the gravest libels imaginable”.

Regulation means that a student dismissed from one course cannot start another without the provider being made aware. By David Rowland