Plymouth City Council is leading the way in Devon and Cornwall with its plans to modernise the delivery of social care and support.

CUMBRIA County Council has defended changes to the way it buys care for the vulnerable – insisting it was previously paying for services that weren’t being delivered.

A BBC 2 documentary following the day-to-day work of a Bristol Council child protection team revealed a lack of support for the parents featured in the programme, a family advocacy charity has warned.

HOME care for people living with Alzheimer’s in Selby is to be cut with the loss of five jobs, it has been announced.

THE Prime Minister has promised to look into claims made in the recent Anna Klonowski report.

TCSW officially launches and uses event to set out its vision for the challenges ahead

Social workers are seeking an extra £2.5 million to deal with a rise in the number of children coming into care. They are asking county councillors to approve an increase in their £31.1 million budget for 2012-13 to tackle the issue.

Somerset County Council is to halve its budget for supporting young carers by £70,000 through job cuts.

The government is spending £500 million less than is needed to maintain levels of social care provision this year, a new report suggests.

Health and social care support services in London should be more joined up to save time and money as well as improve patient care, new research by London Councils shows today.