Social care budgets in Norfolk have increased for the current financial year, but there are fears they are not keeping pace with demand.

The manager of a charity-run child protection programme in Dorset has warned that council cuts will have a knock on effect on vulnerable families.

There is a North-South divide in spending on social care in England following the government’s Spending Review, BBC research suggests.

Services for the most vulnerable in Leicestershire will be maintained despite county council budget cuts, the authority has said.

Bristol City Council has said it has been too reliant on putting vulnerable adults into residential care in the past.

The future of each of Leeds City Council’s 19 residential care homes and 16 day centres for the elderly are to be debated as the authority grapples with a spending squeeze.

There are warnings that cuts in the adult social care budget in Cornwall will lead to significant levels of hardship.

Funding for social worker posts in young offender institutions (YOIs) has been agreed, ending two years of uncertainty over the positions, CYP Now can reveal.

Adult social care in Lincolnshire is facing deeper cuts than the average, figures from the county council suggest.

The leader of a council which has cut its budget for social services by 12% has defended the planned closure of children’s homes in the county.