Spending on children’s services was slashed by nearly £1 billion under David Cameron, according to Labour. The party’s shadow education secretary Angela Rayner expressed concern, saying the Local Government Association
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Scotland’s independent care sector has issued an urgent plea for extra investment in this week’s Scottish budget. Dr Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, said a “significant” increase in
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Tories have criticised “unacceptably long” waits some elderly people face for care packages after figures showed more than a quarter of those with “substantial” needs were not assessed within six
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A scheme to relieve pressure on local councils caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is set to be rolled out. Under new legislation the National Transfer Scheme (NTS), which allows hard-pressed
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The Scottish Government’s controversial named person policy is facing further delays following a vote by a Holyrood committee. A majority of MSPs on the Education Committee backed extending scrutiny of
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Around 30,000 people with mental illness will spend Christmas with the prospect of a tribunal hanging over them, having attempted to claim disability benefits, campaigners have said. Analysis of Government
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The government has announced the phased roll-out of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) from 2018 for child and family social workers. The announcement is in response to a consultation
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Young people are leading an in-depth Scottish Government study into child and adolescent mental health services. Between 15 and 20 people aged 14 and 22 will be recruited, from a
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A £72,000 cap on social care costs due to come into effect in four years will be scrapped, a health minister has said, as she confirmed plans for a new
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A Tory former children’s minister has demanded assurances from the Government that children’s social care is being treated with the same level of importance as the care of adults. Tim
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