Councils are warning that changes to rules which govern how local authorities safeguard people receiving care and support could have a detrimental impact on the vulnerable and push social care
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A drive to stop children going into care across Worcestershire is kicking off – amid hopes a shock 22 per cent rise can be slowed down. Worcestershire County Council has
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Haringey Council’s children’s services department is making progress but still “requires improvement” according to a new inspection report from Ofsted. Giving an overall rating of “requires improvement”, the government inspectorate
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Essex County Council removed all of its residents from seven care homes in the past five years because of safety and welfare concerns, it has emerged. The details were published
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The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has published its review of local government complaints for 2013/14. For the first time the report provides complaint statistics for each English local authority, all
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Slough Borough Council (SBC) will be stripped of its children’s social services after independent report into failings was published yesterday. The Government has confirmed it proposes to strip the council
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Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Social Work Services committee have reported a net overspend of £49,000 of the Social Work Services budget for 2013/14. This figure is much improved on the
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Homecare contracts providing services for just over 200 people in the Broadland area of Norfolk are to be re-let after Care UK and Norfolk County Council agreed to terminate their
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A mother is suing a Welsh council after a judge ruled the authority had acted unlawfully by keeping a nine-year-old boy in foster care. The child was placed in care
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Local authorities in England will need to make huge savings before next April, equivalent to 12.5% of their total budgets, according to a new report. They face a funding gap
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