Vulnerable people are increasingly being placed in poor-quality supported housing in a system left open to “unscrupulous landlords” and in need of reform, MPs have warned. Fraud is also still
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The Government must demonstrate how it is delivering on its plans to meet challenges in a social care system which remains under “significant pressure”, a report has warned. The National
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A cyber attack which disrupted access to a council website and its systems is being investigated with the relevant authorities to establish the full impact of the crime, officials have
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England’s largest councils are “running out of road” with almost half saying they are unsure if they can balance their budgets next year. The County Councils Network (CCN) warned on
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The leader of Leicester City Council has warned that bankruptcy is a “real prospect” for the authority without further government support. Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby (pictured) said the council was
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Britain’s public services are “crumbling” and risk getting stuck in a “perpetual state of crisis”, a think tank has warned. In its annual report on the state of public services,
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Councils “do not have enough funding simply to stand still” as they face billions in funding gaps across the next two years, the organisation representing them has told the Chancellor.
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Councils are struggling to meet rising requests for adult social care support and some people are cutting back on their home care amid the cost-of-living crisis while “completely overwhelmed” family
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A vulnerable teenager was “invisible” when she was murdered by her carers, an independent inquiry has said. Margaret Fleming (pictured) was born with learning difficulties and was just 19 when
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The social housing sector saw a more than four-fold increase in the most serious findings of failures or delays by landlords in the past year in what the ombudsman branded
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