The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has dropped plans to issue rough sleepers with fines if they refuse to engage with services, a campaigner has claimed. A petition of
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One in seven children of public sector workers will be living in poverty by the end of next month, unions are warning. Research by the TUC found that the Government’s
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The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead could fine rough sleepers up to £100 for begging or leaving their bedding in public places. The council came under fierce criticism last
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Jeremy Corbyn has said “we shouldn’t have hungry children in Scotland in 2018” ahead of a visit to a council-run scheme to provide meals for children during school holidays. The
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A mother is facing a life sentence for murder after battering to death her “helpless and vulnerable” baby daughter two hours after social services care workers left her home alone
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An additional £10m is being made available to local authorities in Wales to enable social services to support people in their homes and communities, Health and Social Services Secretary Vaughan
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A family court judge’s criticisms of a social worker who won a fight to remain anonymous have emerged in a ruling published on a legal website. Judge Gavyn Arthur had
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The chairman of an inquiry into public services which came into contact with a double killer and his victims before they died said lessons will be learned if mistakes were
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North Yorkshire County Council stopped paying for an elderly woman’s care home after it decided she gave away money to avoid paying the fees, the Local Government and Social Care
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Social care in England is running as a “Cinderella service” – with the sector undervalued and its workers poorly rewarded, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. A new report
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