City of York Council set to cut dozens more staff
FURIOUS union leaders warned today that some of York’s most vulnerable people would suffer after council chiefs unveiled plans to axe dozens more staff.
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FURIOUS union leaders warned today that some of York’s most vulnerable people would suffer after council chiefs unveiled plans to axe dozens more staff.
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CRUCIAL services that have helped generations of Warrington’s deaf community are set to be shelved. The Deafness Support Network (DSN) has been told by Warrington and Halton borough councils that their own staff will take over its social work and technical equipment services contract as of April 1.
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CAMPAIGNERS furious at plans to make sweeping cuts to Bolton’s Children’s Services department, will stage a mass rally in the town centre.
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Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has slammed local authorities for their poor performance on caring for looked-after children.
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A social services employee who failed to tell his manager a colleague had been having sex with an underage girl has been suspended for a year.
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A SOCIAL worker has been suspended for two years after fraudulently claiming more than £4,000 in travel expenses while working for Oldham council.
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A mentally ill man who killed a student was not properly assessed or cared for, a report said. Khalid Peshawan, 33, killed Halimah Ahmed at his Derby home in November 2007 before hanging himself.
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A CALL has been made for the man in charge of York’s cash-strapped network of care for vulnerable people to quit as it faces going over budget by £1.1 million.
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A FORMER care home worker has been warned she could be jailed after being convicted of mistreating a vulnerable resident.
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The beleaguered local authority at the centre of the Edlington torture case controversy is to face an official investigation into its management and leadership, it was announced today.
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