Nearly all local authorities in England are planning to raise council tax in the year ahead while vital services remain under pressure, a survey has found. The survey, by the
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Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, Julie Morgan, has announced changes to the way care is delivered for people previously in receipt of the Welsh Independent Living Grant to
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Domestic abuse victims who work for a Scottish council will get up to 10 days paid “safe leave” after councillors approved the groundbreaking policy. Employees of South Ayrshire Council (pictured)
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Grief and shame are common emotions among parents who have had their children taken into care, but now they are turning their lives around with the help of new services
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Three out of five social care providers have had to close down parts of their work or hand back contracts to local authorities because of financial pressures, according to a
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Glasgow councillors have approved a deal that will see the local authority pay out a minimum of £500 million to resolve a long-running equal pay dispute. Compensation will be paid
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People will be able to make online donations and use contactless giving points as part of an “alternative giving” scheme to help beggars in Glasgow. The Street Change Glasgow scheme,
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Just over 4% of the richest households in a London borough with England’s highest number of rough sleepers have contributed to a voluntary scheme to help relieve the crisis. Westminster
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Ministers have been accused by MPs of being “in denial” over the “perilous” state of local government finances in England. After years of cuts to Whitehall funding, the Commons Public
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Thousands of people have died waiting for care since the Government first said it would publish a green paper on social care, a charity has said. Age UK estimates that
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