An extra £19 million will be made available next year for councils which are helping large numbers of lone children who are seeking asylum, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has said.
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Homeless families are routinely being housed in damp or infested temporary accommodation for weeks on end, a report into local councils has found. Too many people are being left in
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A charity has described homelessness figures as “nothing short of a tragedy” after an official report showed the numbers in England have increased. The number of households in temporary accommodation
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The number of investigations started by councils into whether children are being harmed or at risk has more than doubled in the last decade, town hall bosses have warned. More
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A family court judge has refused to approve social workers’ plans to separate five children whose parents have a history of drug abuse and can no longer care for them.
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Cash-strapped councils could see their funding halved over the next two years, “threatening the existence” of vital services, the Local Government Association has warned. Councils are facing a 54% reduction
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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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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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The amount of money people in Wales can keep when in residential care will increase from £30,000 to £40,000 from April next year, it has been announced. The move is
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