Elderly and vulnerable people will face increased costs to their care as councils face budget cuts. More than 80 per cent of councils are increasing care charges, according to a survey carried out by shadow health minister Emily Thornberry.

Social care funding needs fixing, the head of England’s largest housing association, Jane Ashcroft, tells David Brindle

Local infrastructure body believes more charities would then win service delivery contracts

SOARING numbers of Yorkshire’s most affluent residents are seeking treatment for alcoholism caused by drinking at home to cope with increasing levels of stress.

TREATED with disrespect by staff, handed out-of-date medicines and dressed in other residents’ clothes – the nightmare faced by more than a dozen people at a care home in Weston.

An elderly Teesside woman had a large amount of money stolen by a woman pretending to be from social services. Police said the bogus caller let herself into her victim’s home in Railway Terrace, Brotton.

Tucked away behind the Salvation Army’s large City Road premises in Newcastle, a new £400,000 eco-friendly hostel which gives homeless and vulnerable adults opened this week.

Charity counsellors monitoring freephone helpline refer more cases than at any time in service’s 20-year history

SOCIAL services staff have warned cutbacks in their department could lead to the death of a child in Hull. In a stark warning, workers have voiced “grave concerns” the city could suffer from a case similar to the infamous ‘Baby P’ tragedy.

A CARE home boss covered up violent abuse against his elderly residents to protect his girlfriend’s daughter.