Two-thirds of people in Britain support increasing National Insurance contributions to pay for social care reform, a poll has found. Ipsos Mori’s latest Political Monitor poll also revealed 49% of
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A Nottinghamshire man was barred from visiting his mother in her care home after he raised concerns about her welfare, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The
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A 61-year-old man knifed multiple times in north London was a social worker trying to check on the welfare of vulnerable children, the Metropolitan Police has said. The social worker
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All local authorities in Scotland are ready to provide 1,140 hours of free childcare, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Scottish Government announced the flagship policy, aimed at allowing families to
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The crucial role that social care plays in our country has never been more visible. Throughout the pandemic, we have seen brave individuals doing everything in their power to support
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One of Britain’s most senior judges has described a lack of “proper provision” for children who require approved secure accommodation as “scandalous”. Supreme Court justice Lord Stephens said the problem
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Councils are facing legal challenges over accusations they are failing to provide enough local accommodation for children in their care. Concerns have been raised that children taken into care are
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Children in the care of Lambeth Council were subjected to levels of cruelty and sexual abuse that are hard to comprehend, a new report by the Independent Inquiry into Child
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Council staff “put vulnerable children in the path” of sex offenders, who infiltrated children’s homes and foster care, with “devastating, life-long consequences for their victims”, a damning report into decades
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A mother whose 18-month-old son was allegedly killed by her boyfriend has pleaded not guilty to child cruelty. Tamika Beaton, 24, allegedly “wilfully ill-treated or neglected” baby Andrew Cawker in
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