The UK Border Agency’s failure to manage its workload is penalising individuals, draining public funds and jeopardising confidence in the asylum and immigration system, according to a report published today.

An investigation has been launched by Cumbria police and social services after an elderly resident was injured at a Carlisle care home.

Radical proposals for a £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay for Gordon Brown’s social care plans may be endorsed by the government before the general election.

Savings of £174m a year can be made if the government maintains short break funding for disabled children and their families beyond 2011, a report has claimed.

The elderly will be given six weeks support so they can stay in their own homes after a stay in hospital, Gordon Brown announced yesterday.
 

AN agreement to pool resources for adult social care in the city was also agreed by Peterborough City Council cabinet yesterday (8 February).

The government has denied reports it is planning a fixed £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay for social care for the elderly in England.

Contractors working as sole traders or limited companies in the healthcare sector could be among those to have noticed a sharp rise in opportunities in the industry, a new report has suggested.

CARERS in the city say they are being let down by a ‘chaotic’ system of payments which are meant to increase choice for disabled people.

A Penzance day care centre which is used by more than 40 people is to shut with the loss of nine jobs. St Mary’s Haven day centre will shut on 26 February for financial reasons.