A RETIREMENT village which would create 13 jobs looks set to be given the go-ahead. The private-sector-funded “extra care community” would be built on the grounds of Fairview House in Daltongate, Ulverston.

A COUNCIL official who was the link for families involved in a death probe at a South Tyneside care home is working for the company at the centre of the investigation, the Gazette can reveal.

Government funding to improve the care system and narrow the gap between children in care and their peers will be halved by 2014, CYP Now has learned.

The government is yet to decide on the sum of money allocated to the new early intervention grant for the coming financial year, sparking concern that councils will not set aside enough money for vital services.

Social care chiefs in Birmingham are yet to agree an improvement plan almost five months after safeguarding services for children at risk of physical and sexual abuse were slammed as inadequate.

More than 100 social care users have signed up to take control of their support budget in the last six months.

The government has published the full versions of two serious case reviews (SCRs) into the death of Baby Peter, in a bid to “improve transparency in the child protection system”.

The poorest ten per cent of households will be hit 15 times harder than the richest ten per cent as a result of service cuts announced in the comprehensive spending review (CSR), according to a new analysis published by the TUC.

AN ex-Birmingham social worker fears more children will die unless the cost-cutting Government invests more cash in social services.

Seven Romanian children have been taken into care after they were found working in freezing temperatures in a field in Worcestershire.