Councils in England are flouting the rules around “top-up” fees for care homes, according to an investigation. Elderly people who have assets of less than £23,250 may qualify for financial
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The Government intends to hand back some of the decision-making powers it took from Rotherham Council in the wake of child sexual exploitation revelations. The entire political leadership of the
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A “wholly inaccurate” assessment of Poppi Worthington led to a 10-month delay before care proceedings were issued over other children in the family, it can be reported. Cumbria County Council
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Courts and councils will have to give top priority to adoption for children in care in the future, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has confirmed. The law is to be changed
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A total of 276 sick and disabled Scots died last year while waiting for care packages to start, new figures have revealed. Motor Neurone Disease patient and campaigner Gordon Aikman
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Families on the brink of destitution face a “postcode lottery” for emergency help because of failures in transferring responsibility to local councils and a spending squeeze on town halls, MPs
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A family court judge is under fire after refusing to name a council she had criticised over the way social services staff dealt with the father of a four-year-old girl
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Leading charities have called on David Cameron to take “bold” action to tackle the growing pressures on health and social care, warning that vulnerable elderly and disabled people will “bear
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England must decide how much it spends on NHS and social care services to prevent “a state of crisis”, a former health minister has insisted. Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb warned
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Social care is “in crisis now”, yet the Government proposes “risky, uncertain and late funding”, Labour has claimed. Shadow minister for older people, social care and carers Barbara Keeley told
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