Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by £350m, a report has warned.

Leicester City Council has confirmed that one of its six directors has been suspended on full pay. The authority has not confirmed the director’s name or given a reason why.

A SOCIAL worker has told a jury there is no truth in allegations he raped and sexually assaulted a child in his care.

A charity has praised the council for protecting front-line social services in the face of a shrinking budget, but Merton’s leader has warned this could be about to change with more cuts to come.

A WOMAN who was kidnapped in Africa during a botched attack that killed her husband is a dedicated social worker at a psychiatric hospital near Royston.

Social care workers in Southampton will meet to discuss further strike action in a long-running dispute over pay cuts.

More than seven in 10 users of social care in Cumbria are happy with the service, according to a new survey.

A SANDWELL social worker lost his job after admitting sexually harassing a female colleague. Christopher Holden has now been reprimanded by the General Social Care Council after the case of misconduct was proved against him.

A social worker accused of misconduct did not sexually abuse a child in his care in East Anglia, a disciplinary panel has ruled.

Cumbria County Council’s adult social care department has launched a “reablement” scheme aimed at helping those who need assistance following disability, illness, injury or loss of their personal support network.