A decision by a family court judge asked to consider the future of a little girl has been overturned after a lawyer complained about her “intemperate” behaviour at a private
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A judge has questioned a council plan for the care of a baby whose mother has learning disabilities and was at the centre of a court abortion battle. Mr Justice
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Health visitors have voted to stage fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of the Unite union in Lincolnshire backed industrial action by 2-1, threatening an escalation of
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Around 39,000 fewer older people are receiving long-term care from councils than in 2015/16, despite a rise in demand, figures show. The number of people with social care needs receiving
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A toddler who was sharing an overcrowded home with two dogs must go into council care, a family court judge has decided. The house where the little boy, who is
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Police are searching for the natural parents of a seven-month-old child after they took it away from social services without consent. South Wales Police said the “looked-after” baby was taken
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Councils have discovered more than a thousand potential victims of modern slavery in the last year, research suggests. The referrals of victims made by authorities in England have soared by
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The current system of oversight for unregulated accommodation for teenagers in care is “completely untenable”, a minister has warned. Education minister Michelle Donelan (pictured) said the Department for Education would
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A Salford woman with autism was left without proper support after the city council failed to review her care plan for more than five years, the Local Government and Social
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The nominees for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards have been announced. 94 practitioners, social work teams and organisations from across England have been shortlisted this year in
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