SWINDON Council wants to outsource its entire adult social care service. Proposals going before Swindon Council’s cabinet tonight would set in motion the establishment of a social enterprise to run the service from April 2011.

VULNERABLE people who receive subsidised council care to help them stay at home could suffer as the city plans to save £18.9 million next year – and millions more over the coming four.

DONCASTER’S under-fire social services are hoping a recruitment push tomorrow will help turn the service around.

Many people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease are seeing their illness deteriorate because of bad nutrition and lack of care according to a report launched today.

Children’s rights campaigners have branded UK Border Agency (UKBA) proposals to remove child asylum seekers from the UK before they are 17 years old as “shocking”.

The feasibility of setting up community “social service surgeries” and criminal records checks for council tenants is to be explored, as part of a study to be carried out by an independent think tank.

NOTTS County Council today reveals how it plans to cut other services to provide more support for children it cares for.

Councils and health trusts could save some £3bn by closer working and better preventative spending, the charity Counsel and Care has said.

COUNCIL bosses are expected to approve proposals to close four care homes in Barrow to make way for a multi-million pound development this week.

A council boss who oversaw the care of a teenage girl killed in a car crash resigned just days before disciplinary proceedings were due to start against her.