North Lanarkshire Council to axe 10% of workforce losing 1,100 jobs
Almost 1,100 jobs are to go at one of Scotland’s biggest councils under plans to plug a £68 million black hole in its budget over the next two years. North
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Council told to pay £40,000 damages after girl unlawfully kept in care
Council bosses have been ordered to pay £40,000 damages by a family court judge who concluded that a little girl was unlawfully kept in care after her mother suffered a
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Baby P scandal council blasted in report on teenage girl’s suicide
A council at the centre of the Baby P scandal has again been blasted in a report into child protection following the suicide of a teenage girl. Haringey Council was
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Report finds huge variations in long-term care costs with southern councils paying more
A “postcode lottery” has local authorities in the south contributing far more to the cost of long-term care than in the north, new figures show. Which? submitted Freedom of Information
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Councils warn over ability to provide dignified care for elderly and disabled
Local government leaders and directors of adult social care have warned that the ability of councils to provide dignified care for people in old age or for those with a
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Protests planned as Glasgow City Council prepares to shed 3,000 posts
Protests are being planned against 3,000 job losses at a city council, with unions warning of “horrendous” cuts across the country in the coming months because of enforced savings. Glasgow
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Children’s service staff praised – improvement urged in management at Aberdeenshire
Services for children and young people in Aberdeenshire are performing well but can improve further in key areas, inspectors have concluded. It follows a joint inspection of services across the
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Vulnerable suffering as councils decline over one million social care requests
Hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people have their requests for help with social care declined, new figures show. Just under 1.85 million new requests for adult social care
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Minister criticises social services for ‘using and abusing’ police
Social services and other agencies have been “using and abusing” the police for years to deal with mental health patients, according to the policing minister. Mike Penning criticised other services,
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Inspectors find children services in Clackmannanshire and Stirling improving
Services for children and young people in Clackmannanshire and Stirling are improving, inspectors have found. A team of specialist inspectors from the Care Inspectorate and partner agencies returned to both
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