09/01/2017 - 12:00
In a speech to the Charity Commission, Prime Minister Theresa May has promised that the government will take an active role in tackling ‘everyday injustices’ and building a ‘shared society’.
09/01/2017 - 09:25
Swansea City Council has proposed plans to create a specialist unit for the purpose of teaching children with autism.
06/01/2017 - 10:54
An extra £10 million a year has been pledged to ensure the Welsh social care sector is strong and sustainable for the future.
06/01/2017 - 10:38
New research by Age UK has highlighted that half a million people over the age of 60 usually spend every day alone.
06/01/2017 - 10:25
A group of MPs have urged Prime Minister Theresa May to find a ‘political consensus’ on funding social care in England before 2020.
06/01/2017 - 10:15
A new report has claimed that modern diesel cars produce 10 times more toxic air pollution than heavy trucks and buses.
23/12/2016 - 10:33
Research has found that rough sleepers are victim to excessive levels of abuse by the public, including theft, sexual assault and physical violence
22/12/2016 - 14:48
Almost half of workers would stay in work if they were offered more flexibility by their employers in later life.
22/12/2016 - 09:36
The ‘unacceptably dangerous’ prison population of England and Wales should be cut to 45,000, a group of politicians have suggested.
21/12/2016 - 11:31
Surrey County Council has unveiled plans to build 600 homes for older and disabled people within the next decade, in a bid to save £3 million annually.
20/12/2016 - 11:27
The Department of Health (DH) has awarded local authorities with a share of a £25 million housing and technology fund for people with learning disabilities.
19/12/2016 - 09:22
The Health Select Committee has raised concern over the high number of people in England taking their own lives, warning the figure was ‘unacceptably high’.
15/12/2016 - 12:44
Councils will be allowed to increase council tax by six per cent over the next two years in order to fund social care services.
15/12/2016 - 11:09
Major relationship support providers may not be sufficiently reaching families in or at risk of poverty, a new report claims.
14/12/2016 - 14:41
Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that the lack of social care funding leaving elderly people isolated is a ‘crisis made in Downing Street’.
