A social worker bought a homeless 17-year-old boy a tent to live in, a watchdog has found. Cornwall Council even provided the “vulnerable” teenager with a replacement tent after the
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Cash to meet rising social care costs and extra funds to repair potholes were announced by Philip Hammond to ease the pressure on town hall budgets. Local government chiefs have
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A social worker has been criticised by a family court judge after council bosses asked him to rule that four children should be taken from the care of their parents.
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The spending decisions and leadership of key organisations set up to transform care in Scotland have been questioned by MSPs. Holyrood’s Health Committee has been examining the work of integration
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Additional funding announced for social care “only just staves off total collapse” of a “broken” sector, a leading charity has warned. Philip Hammond announced £650 million for social care funding
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Union and council leaders in Glasgow say they have had a “positive and constructive” meeting following a two-day strike over equal pay. Hundreds of schools were closed and care services
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The overwhelming majority of people have not made any plans for how they will pay for adult social care in old age, a survey has revealed. The Local Government Association
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An autistic woman who is obsessed with men is at the centre of proceedings in a specialist court. Social workers say the woman behaves in a “socially inappropriate” fashion in
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The Government still lacks an effective overall strategy to integrate the health and social care sectors, while financial pressures on local authorities mean there is “no realistic prospect of progress”,
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Social services bosses at a London council have come under fire from a family court judge over their handling of a case involving a teenage boy with complex special needs.
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