Fewer than one in five local authorities have a dedicated appeals process for social care, according to new research by Independent Age, the older people’s charity. This means the only
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The Scottish Government has committed £7 million for a new fund to help tackle poverty in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as price hikes could push 130,000 Scots into
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Social services bosses at a Welsh council have come under fire from a High Court judge after two couples became embroiled in “nightmare” litigation when a woman changed her mind
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A judge has praised social services staff trying to help a woman with learning difficulties enjoy a sexual relationship with her boyfriend. Lawyers representing Bolton Council (pictured) told Mrs Justice
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A judge has said social services bosses should not facilitate access to prostitutes for a man with learning difficulties who has a “high sex drive”. The man had become fascinated
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Children with special needs are being let down by a system that is meant to support them, an ombudsman has warned. Families with youngsters that have special educational needs and
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A local council has apologised after it mistakenly sent letters to 41 grieving families inviting them to apply for a school place for their dead child. Norfolk County Council’s error
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Inspectors have today reported key strengths in the way children and young people in need of care in Stirling are cared for but older care leavers were not always consistently
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The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has apologised after taking nearly eight months to produce a written ruling on a case involving Home Office ministers and
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Doctors plan to fit a mentally-disabled woman who was at the centre of an abortion battle with a contraceptive device, a judge has been told. The woman’s mother won a
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