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”.

Two nursery nurses have been sentenced to 16-weeks in jail suspended for 12 months for cruelty to a two-year-old boy at a Hertfordshire nursery.

A social worker has accepted compensation from three newspapers over untrue allegations about her role in the Baby P tragedy.

A CARE home worker who stole £10,000 from a vulnerable resident to fund her gambling addiction was yesterday jailed for three months.

An overwhelming number of people are against plans to restructure social care in Bucks – and which could see Bourne End Day Centre closed – according to the results of a consultation.

An agency nurse working for the NHS was filmed switching off her patient’s life support machine by mistake.

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.