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Corbyn warns already ‘devastated’ public services face fresh Government squeeze

By The Press Association3rd May 2016News England

Schools, hospitals and other public services left “devastated” by “ideological” Conservative cuts face a fresh squeeze on finances, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed. In the final hours of campaigning before the

Wife of child abuser avoids prison for looking up victims’ social care records

By The Press Association30th April 2016News England

The wife of a man who was jailed for 20 years for sexually abusing children in a care home has avoided prison for looking up social care records of his

Care home insolvencies rise amid council funding pressures

By The Press Association25th April 2016News England

The number of care home insolvencies increased by almost a fifth last year amid a fall in local authority funding, a new study has revealed. A total of 47 care

Labour calls for councils to be compelled to act on homelessness

By The Press Association25th April 2016News England

New laws are needed to stop councils allowing people to slip into homelessness, Labour has insisted. The party’s shadow housing and planning secretary, John Healey, has backed calls by the

Case review for woman who had son taken from her care after failing drug test

By The Press Association17th April 2016News England

A woman whose son was taken from her care after she failed one in a series of drug tests is to have her case reviewed by Court of Appeal judges.

Report: CUTS – The impact of austerity on fostered children & families that care for them

By Iain MacDonald15th April 2016Reports & Resources

The wellbeing of children living in foster care is under threat from Government funding cuts to local authority budgets in England, The Fostering Network is warning following a survey of

Local authority concern over child refugees aged six ‘arriving alone in Britain’

By The Press Association14th April 2016News England

Children as young as six are arriving in Britain without their parents to claim asylum, it has emerged. The disclosure came as local authority officials gave evidence to a Lords

Woman loses appeal court ruling after social workers raised concerns over child names

By The Press Association14th April 2016News England

A woman who wants to name her daughter “Cyanide” and her son “Preacher” has lost the latest round of a court fight after social workers raised concerns. The woman, who

Corbyn: Poor families ‘socially cleansed’ out of cities by Tory housing policies

By The Press Association6th April 2016News England

Poorer families face being “socially cleansed” out of the cities they live in under Tory housing policies, Jeremy Corbyn claimed as he prepared to face his first major electoral test.

Rio Ferdinand kicks off campaign against youth service cuts

By The Press Association5th April 2016News England

Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has kicked off a campaign to stop cuts to youth services. He is fighting Government proposals to slash resources for children through the Rio Ferdinand

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Corbyn warns already ‘devastated’ public services face fresh Government squeeze

Wife of child abuser avoids prison for looking up victims’ social care records

Care home insolvencies rise amid council funding pressures

Labour calls for councils to be compelled to act on homelessness

Report: CUTS – The impact of austerity on fostered children & families that care for them

Local authority concern over child refugees aged six ‘arriving alone in Britain’

Woman loses appeal court ruling after social workers raised concerns over child names

Rio Ferdinand kicks off campaign against youth service cuts

Family hail justice for little ones as mother jailed over four boys’ fire deaths

Southport child-killer detained for at least 52 years for ‘sadistic’ murders of girls

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental ‘open warfare’ slammed by vaccine tsar

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Tag: Local Authorities

Corbyn warns already ‘devastated’ public services face fresh Government squeeze

Wife of child abuser avoids prison for looking up victims’ social care records

Care home insolvencies rise amid council funding pressures

Labour calls for councils to be compelled to act on homelessness

Case review for woman who had son taken from her care after failing drug test

Report: CUTS – The impact of austerity on fostered children & families that care for them

Local authority concern over child refugees aged six ‘arriving alone in Britain’

Woman loses appeal court ruling after social workers raised concerns over child names

Corbyn: Poor families ‘socially cleansed’ out of cities by Tory housing policies

Rio Ferdinand kicks off campaign against youth service cuts