Daniel Pelka case makes children’s social care savings ‘impossible’
Coventry City Council has said it is “impossible” to make savings in its children’s social care budget because of a rise in demand following the death of Daniel Pelka in
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Wolverhampton look to outsource social care services
Some social care services could be outsourced by Wolverhampton City Council as it attempts to save £123 million over the next five years. Proposals will be presented to the council’s
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Inverclyde Council announces Cosla departure
Inverclyde Council has confirmed it’s intention to break away from CoSLA, becoming the latest in a growing number to go it alone. Three other councils have already warned they may
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Leicestershire to cut £25M from social care budget
A budget to tackle a £110 million funding gap by 2018, including £25M from social care, has been agreed by Leicestershire County Council. Including this year’s savings, the council has
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Ceredigion residential home forced to close due to lack of staff
Ceredigion Council has announced that it is going to temporarily close Awel Deg Residential Home in Llandysul. As a result of problems in the staffing of the home the number
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Slough safeguarding board to challenge ofsted ‘inadequate’ rating
Slough Borough Safeguarding Children Board are to challenge the ‘inadequate’ ofsted rating given to the local council’s children’s services. In the report published this week, Slough Borough Council’s children’s service
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Oxfordshire care services get welcome boost following windfall
Oxfordshire County Council has been given a £4m windfall from central government and it intends to use some of the funds to support vital social care functions. The money has
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Birmingham City Council to Axe a Further 1,000 Jobs
Britain’s biggest council is to slash a further 1,000 jobs as part of a £822m cost cutting plan. Birmingham City Council, which has reduced its workforce by 33% since 2010,
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Sutton Council propose cuts for adult social care and children’s services
Members of Sutton Council’s strategy and resources committee have backed a budget that freezes council tax for 2014/15 but outlines cuts to care services. Spending cuts have been proposed in
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Social services management ‘tendency to blame care workers for errors’
Birmingham social services management and other children protection agencies have been accused of having a ‘tendency to blame social workers’ when things go wrong in a review of the city’s
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