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New dashboard to inform local authority social care planning launched in Wales

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter2nd March 2020News Wales, Webwatch

Welsh social care regulator, Social Care Wales, has launched a new dashboard showing local authority spend on social care. This new dashboard is available in English and Welsh, as part

Tory MPs pressure Boris Johnson to end ‘Groundhog Day’ approach to social care reform

By Richard Wheeler, Elizabeth Arnold, Lewis McKenzie and George Ryan, Reporters26th February 2020News England

Boris Johnson has come under increasing pressure from Tory MPs to deliver long-promised social care reforms. Conservative former health minister Jackie Doyle-Price said it was “high time that we really

Survey finds parents face surging childcare costs with availability varying significantly

By Vicky Shaw, Reporter26th February 2020News England

Parents are paying 5% more for childcare for under-twos than a year ago, a report has found. The findings suggest that childcare costs are rising faster than price increases generally,

Inspectors report ‘major weaknesses’ in services for children and young people in Orkney

By Laura McKellar, Reporter25th February 202025th February 2020News Scotland

Inspectors have reported major weaknesses in the way children and young people in need of care and protection are supported and cared for in Orkney. The Care Inspectorate looked at

Cosla warns Scottish Government’s draft budget would impact child poverty targets

By The Press Association24th February 2020News Scotland

A body representing councils across Scotland has raised fears that the Scottish Government’s draft budget will impact their ability to meet child poverty targets. The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Scottish Government pledge £7m to help working parents tackle poverty

By The Press Association18th February 2020News Scotland

The Scottish Government has pledged £7 million in the next year to benefit parents in the workplace in a bid to fight poverty. As part of the 2020/21 Budget process,

Ombudsman warns councils in England of their duties around care home top-up fees

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter12th February 2020News England

Councils across England are being reminded by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman of their duties under the Care Act to administer ‘top-up fees’ for people contributing towards relatives’

Government to announce ban on councils from placing vulnerable children in unregulated homes

By Tess de la Mare, Reporter12th February 2020News England

The Government has announced plans to ban local authorities from placing vulnerable children in unregulated accommodation amid growing concern over grooming and county lines drug gangs. Under the plans, all

Miles Apart: The Inadequacy Of Social Care Funding – Care England

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter11th February 2020Reports & Resources

Latest Care England Freedom of Information analysis has again highlighted the underfunding of independent sector care homes when juxtaposed with those fees paid to state-run homes. Care England, the largest

Tate Modern attempted murderer accused ‘told carers of plan to kill someone a year earlier’

By Emma Bowden, Reporter7th February 20207th February 2020News England

The teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern gallery in London spoke about plans to push someone off a high building a year

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Survey finds parents face surging childcare costs with availability varying significantly

Inspectors report ‘major weaknesses’ in services for children and young people in Orkney

Cosla warns Scottish Government’s draft budget would impact child poverty targets

Scottish Government pledge £7m to help working parents tackle poverty

Ombudsman warns councils in England of their duties around care home top-up fees

Government to announce ban on councils from placing vulnerable children in unregulated homes

Tate Modern attempted murderer accused ‘told carers of plan to kill someone a year earlier’

Southport child-killer detained for at least 52 years for ‘sadistic’ murders of girls

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental ‘open warfare’ slammed by vaccine tsar

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Tag: Local Authorities

New dashboard to inform local authority social care planning launched in Wales

Tory MPs pressure Boris Johnson to end ‘Groundhog Day’ approach to social care reform

Survey finds parents face surging childcare costs with availability varying significantly

Inspectors report ‘major weaknesses’ in services for children and young people in Orkney

Cosla warns Scottish Government’s draft budget would impact child poverty targets

Scottish Government pledge £7m to help working parents tackle poverty

Ombudsman warns councils in England of their duties around care home top-up fees

Government to announce ban on councils from placing vulnerable children in unregulated homes

Miles Apart: The Inadequacy Of Social Care Funding – Care England

Tate Modern attempted murderer accused ‘told carers of plan to kill someone a year earlier’