A FORMER social care worker for Bucks County Council had a suspension lifted this week after being cleared of misconduct.

The Tory-Lib Dem government is to end the detention of children in immigration centres as a matter of priority.

An under-fire council boss has been moved from his post as head of children’s services. The move follows a torrid year for Coun John Warmisham who was in charge of schools and children’s social services in Salford.

Britain’s first coalition government since the Second World War will fast-track £6bn of cuts to come in the current financial year in order to cut the public deficit.

The public services union, UNISON, is calling on politicians to pay attention to the views of social workers who have set out their key priorities for improving child protection. In a survey they called for more support and manageable caseloads.

CARE home bosses have been criticised for leaving elderly residents to endure 11 days without hot running water after the boiler packed in.

A MULTI million pound care home providing modern independent living to elderly was officially opened in Peacehaven. Downlands Court was completed in September 2009 when residents started moving into the state of the art development.

A new Ofsted assessment of Birmingham City Council’s fostering service has found it to be “good” overall with several areas judged “outstanding”.

The growing use of personal budgets and direct payments for social care may prove a way of quietly cutting services, a study published by Unison, the health service union, warns.

Social workers do their utmost to protect the most vulnerable children in society, County Hall said last night.