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Ex-MP criticises judge for family court secrecy in child protection case

By The Press Association3rd April 2016News England

A judge has decided that the identities of everyone involved in a family court case she oversaw must stay secret – including the lawyers. Local authority social services bosses asked

Councils ‘spent more than £200m on staff settlements, most with gagging orders’

By The Press Association3rd April 2016News England

Councils have spent more than £200 million on settlements with staff – most of which include “gagging orders”, an investigation has found. Over the past five years, 17,571 “compromise agreements”

Nicky Morgan calls for bids for £200M children’s services funding pot

By The Press Association3rd April 2016News England

Town halls will be offered cash incentives as part of an overhaul of social services for troubled children, the Education Secretary has announced. Nicky Morgan has urged councils and charities

Councils warn National Living Wage could bring care services to breaking point

By The Press Association29th March 2016News England

Care services for the elderly and disabled could hit breaking point with the introduction of the new National Living Wage (NLW), councils say. Town councils, who have battled against a

CSSIW Inspectors report significant improvement in Cardiff’s children’s services

By Iain MacDonald28th March 2016News Wales

The City of Cardiff Council has welcomed the findings of the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) inspection of Children’s Services published last week. The Inspectorate has found significant

Unison chief says more than 200,000 care workers paid less than minimum wage

By The Press Association23rd March 2016News England

Tens of thousands of care workers are being paid less than the minimum wage because their employers do not count travel time in between appointments, a union has claimed. Unison

Judge reverses social workers decision to remove child following mothers ‘sexual escapade’

By The Press Association18th March 2016News England

A woman has won a family court fight for the return of her two-year-old son despite social workers’ concerns about the implications of a Christmas Day “drunken sexual escapade” with

Woman settles with council over father’s death after seven year safeguarding dispute

By The Press Association17th March 2016News England

The daughter of a vulnerable man who suffered safeguarding failings has finally reached a civil settlement with a council nearly seven years after his death. Ian Sunter, who has Alzheimer’s,

Judge finds Council’s handling of brothers’ care proceedings ‘reprehensible’

By The Press Association17th March 2016News England

A senior family court judge has said the way a council handled proceedings relating to the care of two brothers was “reprehensible”. Mr Justice Newton – who is based in

Social workers discussed care proceedings less than month before girl’s death

By The Press Association17th March 2016News England

Social workers discussed taking a toddler into care when it emerged the stepfather had reportedly threatened to torch the family flat, less than a month before the child is said

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Ex-MP criticises judge for family court secrecy in child protection case

Councils ‘spent more than £200m on staff settlements, most with gagging orders’

Nicky Morgan calls for bids for £200M children’s services funding pot

Councils warn National Living Wage could bring care services to breaking point

CSSIW Inspectors report significant improvement in Cardiff’s children’s services

Judge reverses social workers decision to remove child following mothers ‘sexual escapade’

Woman settles with council over father’s death after seven year safeguarding dispute

Social workers discussed care proceedings less than month before girl’s death

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

Ex-MP criticises judge for family court secrecy in child protection case

Councils ‘spent more than £200m on staff settlements, most with gagging orders’

Nicky Morgan calls for bids for £200M children’s services funding pot

Councils warn National Living Wage could bring care services to breaking point

CSSIW Inspectors report significant improvement in Cardiff’s children’s services

Unison chief says more than 200,000 care workers paid less than minimum wage

Judge reverses social workers decision to remove child following mothers ‘sexual escapade’

Woman settles with council over father’s death after seven year safeguarding dispute

Judge finds Council’s handling of brothers’ care proceedings ‘reprehensible’

Social workers discussed care proceedings less than month before girl’s death