Two members have been chosen to sit on the committee conducting an inquiry into historical abuse in Jersey. Sandy Cameron and Alyson Leslie will join the committee’s chair, Frances Oldham

Three carers mocked, bullied and assaulted elderly residents of a care home, a court has heard. The three female staff members deny abusing eight people with advanced dementia at Hillcroft

The mental health charity the Richmond Fellowship and the specialist housing charity the Croftlands Trust have merged. The Cumbria-based Croftlands became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Richmond Fellowship from 1

Five disabled people have succeeded in a legal challenge to the government’s decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund. The £320m ILF currently provides support enabling nearly 19,000 severely disabled

More than 400,000 people have lost Jobseeker’s Allowance under new government sanctions aimed at ensuring they actively seek work. Some 580,000 sanctions were handed down between October 2012 and June

The former director of public prosecutions says he thinks it is time to ‘change the law’ on child sex abuse in Britain, so reporting allegations becomes ‘mandatory’ Failing to report

A Milton Keynes mental health service – run by national charity Rethink Mental Illness – has been given top marks by the people who use it. The Community Support service,

The proportion of young women doing low-paid, low-skill jobs has trebled over the last 20 years, according to new research commissioned by the Trades Union Congrss (TUC) and published this

The owner of a Halifax nursing home and his “bullying” manager have gone on trial accused of neglecting four elderly residents who suffered pressure sores while at their premises. A

A SOCIAL services boss has claimed that “none” of Bournemouth’s 95 care homes meet today’s care standards. Speaking at a public meeting, Ivor Cawthorn, the borough council’s strategic commissioning manager