A social worker has been suspended for one year after a fitness to practise hearing found his fitness to practise was impaired because of his repeated failings. The hearing heard
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Millions of people are facing “unacceptable delays and difficulty” accessing care, health leaders have warned as they called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to address the situation in next month’s Budget.
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Town halls are struggling to meet the needs of children in their area, a charity has warned. Many authorities are facing an increased demand for children’s services, such as supporting
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Children’s services are in crisis across much of England due to government funding cuts, Labour has said. Shadow communities secretary Andrew Gwynne (pictured) said there was a “growing emergency in
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Nicola Sturgeon has blasted Tories at Westminster over the failure to pause the rollout of Universal Credit, branding the decision as “morally repugnant”. The First Minister hit out after it
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Social care faces a funding gap which will have “a real impact” on people across the country, the Tory chairwoman of the Health Committee has warned. Sarah Wollaston called for
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A health minister has sidestepped calls to apologise for repeating a claim that “austerity has been the mother of invention”. Jackie Doyle-Price faced criticism in the Commons after she noted
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The leader of Rochdale Council has dismissed claims he knew about allegations of child sexual abuse in the early 90s, insisting his colleague “is lying”. The Independent Inquiry into Child
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Violence against staff in the public sector has reached “epidemic” proportions, a union has warned. Unison Scotland’s 2017 survey of employers revealed there were 42,421 reports of violent incidents compared
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Measures to tackle emergency funding shortfalls in key public services will cost £10 billion over five years but amount to a “sticking plaster” solution, according to expert analysis of government
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