20/03/2017 - 11:13
According to a BBC Panorama investigation, 95 UK councils have had their contract with care firms cancelled because the firms were unable to deliv
14/03/2017 - 09:23
Blackpool Council has agreed to grant a £9 million loan for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's front-line services, from its £100 million business loan fund.
14/03/2017 - 09:11
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has appointed Steve Holliday as the chair of the Youth Full-Time Social Action review.
13/03/2017 - 13:25
Unison Scotland has warned that direct contract monitoring of social service users is very limited and that few visits are made to check service users are receiving contracted levels of care.
08/03/2017 - 14:53
The Chancellor has presented the Budget, with the announcement of £2 billion to be spent on social care over the next three years.
08/03/2017 - 10:27
Local Labour MP Ian Lucas has accused Wrexham council of ‘not doing its job’ to effectively tackle drug problems in the town.
07/03/2017 - 11:42
New polling by the Local Government Association (LGA) has shown that 78 per cent of MPs believe that additional funding should go to councils' social care budgets.
07/03/2017 - 10:51
Hafodyrynys Road in Crumlin in Caerphilly has been highlighted as the UK's most polluted street outside London.
07/03/2017 - 10:06
Bowden Derra Park, a mental health care home under investigation by Cornwall Council, has banned the local authority's officials from visiting the site.
06/03/2017 - 11:27
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to drop the current limit for drink driving, from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.
02/03/2017 - 10:26
The Local Government Association (LGA), has reminded that social care is not just about providing care for elderly people, claiming bigger financial pressures on councils include providing care for people with learning disabilities.
01/03/2017 - 11:27
A team of waste management experts have joint together to form the Newcastle Waste Commission, to tackle the city’s ‘mountain of waste’.
01/03/2017 - 10:32
A new Friends of the Earth survey has revealed that only one in 10 people think their air quality is bad.
28/02/2017 - 10:50
The Commons Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) said that pension age would have to rise to 70.5 years-old by 2060 if the current rate of annual increases was to be sustained.
28/02/2017 - 09:36
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced it has begun work on a refreshed Internet Safety Strategy, which aims to ensure the UK becomes the safest place in the world for you people to go online.
