Over 400 probation jobs under threat amid ‘drastic’ cuts
More than 400 probation jobs are threatened with the axe under “drastic” cuts in a number of centres across the country, according to unions. Sodexo was said to be planning
Read MoreMore than 400 probation jobs are threatened with the axe under “drastic” cuts in a number of centres across the country, according to unions. Sodexo was said to be planning
Read MoreCharities acting for prisoners have won permission from the Court of Appeal to challenge legal aid cuts they say are “inherently unfair” and threaten to cause injustice to vulnerable inmates.
Read MoreSocial services staff have been criticised by a High Court judge who has ruled that a two-year-old girl should return to the care of her father and be reunited with
Read MoreA major Scotland-wide study of the health, economic and social circumstances of people aged 50-plus aims to lead to improvements to their health and wellbeing. Launched this week, the University
Read MoreExtra taxes to pay for a social care system that mirrors the National Health Service are being outlined by Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham. The reforms would lead to “difficult
Read MoreThe Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board has published a report into child sexual exploitation in the county. The report is a ‘stocktake’ of the good progress made by all organisations in providing
Read MoreAround 120,000 children whose parents are working on low incomes will be cast adrift if the UK Government changes its definition of child poverty, the social justice secretary (for Scotland)
Read MoreSome of the very poorest pensioners are missing out on billions of benefits, according to the latest government figures analysed in Age UK’s Chief Economist’s Report. The charity’s Chief Economist’s Report
Read MoreThe National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has called for a review into how dying, death and bereavement are dealt with across government departments and public bodies. The calls are
Read MoreIn Offending and Desistance, Beth Weaver examines the role of a co-offending peer group in shaping and influencing offending and desistance, focusing on three phases of their criminal careers: onset,
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