The funding system for English councils is “unsustainable” and the Government must take action to address it, a report has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said funding for
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Councils will need to spend £6.1bn per year more in 2025 on adult social care services compared to what they were spending a decade ago, new figures reveal. England’s 36
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Scotland’s elderly are facing increasing waits for the social care they need, a new report suggests. Age Scotland research found more than four in 10 older people requiring “substantial” or
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A national post to help prevent people going missing has been created with £70,000 in Scottish Government funding. The national development coordinator will work with local authorities and other organisations
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Five children have been taken from their mother after social workers raised concern about her partner’s violent past. Judge Eleanor Owens has approved a plan to place the children into
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Family courts are overwhelmed with applications from council social services bosses wanting decisions relating to the care of children, a senior judge has said. Judges are often under extreme time
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The UK has violated its human rights obligations through sustained and widespread cuts to social support, a UN poverty expert has found. UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
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Councils could be facing a £51.8 billion funding “black hole” over the next six years, according to a new report. Such a financial shortfall would mean yearly council tax rises,
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Plans to change working patterns for Birmingham City Council home care workers have been dropped. The proposed shift alterations would have seen nearly 300 care staff working part-time hours. After
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A judge in a specialist court who is considering whether a mentally ill woman is still able to consent to make love with her husband of more than 25 years
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