The head of children’s services in Suffolk has said vulnerable children are at greater risk because of overburdened social workers and high vacancy rates.

A University of Lincoln expert is helping to shape understanding of social care issues around the world after being selected to serve on the editorial board of an international journal.

A MIDLAND homecare agency has had its registration cancelled by an industry watchdog after care levels were found to be “well below acceptable levels”.

People with learning difficulties face “personal, systemic and routine” discrimination across the criminal justice system, from arrest to release from prison, and are more likely to be victims of miscarriages of justice, according to a new report.

New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no defence for men facing prosecution for buying sex from a woman who has been trafficked or is being exploited by a pimp.

Norfolk Social Services are investigating how a wheelchair-bound widow’s care bill rocketed five fold. West Norfolk pensioner June Dearman, has suffered from Multiple Sclerosis for more than 40 years and was shocked to be told of the vastly increased bill following her annual assessment.

Disabled asylum-seekers and refugees do not receive enough support from disability organisations, which are often unaware of their rights and entitlements, according to a new report*.

The leader of Haringey Council issued a “formal apology” last night and acknowledged that the death of Baby P had highlighted the failure “by all the agencies involved”.

Age Concern has demanded that next week’s pre-budget report allocates at least an extra £1billion for social care to help plug the yawning gaps in care home funding.

The government said last night it may send a new management team into Haringey council, to take over the running of social services in the borough where Baby P died at the hands of his mother and two men.