TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp says that she does not think she would not have been reported to social services for letting her 15-year-old son go abroad if she had “been
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Vulnerable households face a support “cliff edge” when dedicated funding expires next month, councils have warned. The Household Support Grant, which is provided to those struggling with basic costs for
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A council said it has “robust” contingency plans in place to deal with a strike by adult social care workers. Members of the Unison union in Lancashire are taking industrial
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Whitehall must pump-prime councils if Government chiefs want to tackle homelessness, five housing leaders have warned. They have told Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner that the UK needs a “paradigm
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The number of households needing help for homelessness because they had to leave Government asylum support accommodation has soared, new figures showed. A total of 16,660 households were assessed as
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A record high of more than 150,000 children living in temporary accommodation has been described as “astounding” amid calls for more action to address what the Government has acknowledged is
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Staff in social work teams are to strike for five days from Friday in a dispute over salary grades and working cover. Around 200 social care support officers and hearing
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Plans have been announced for a permanent memorial for those affected by the ongoing investigation into human remains found at a Hull funeral directors. Scores of families have been given
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Other children’s social services cases need to be re-examined at the local authority where a toddler was murdered by her stepdad, the chairwoman behind a review into her death has
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There were missed opportunities to protect a Welsh toddler who was murdered by her stepfather four years ago, a review has found. Lola James (pictured), who died in July 2020,
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