Yvette Cooper announces collective pension scheme for care staff in England following lobbying from UNISON, which warned that ...

Scottish Social Services Council says it received 15.5% (748) more fitness to practise referrals in 2025-26 than 2024-25 ...

ADCS says Ofsted plan to penalise councils for using unregistered homes would hold authorities to unattainable standard ...

To what extent has a family requesting a change of social worker affected your confidence in your professional abilities?

Andy Burnham says manifesto for election due by 2029 will contain proposals to deliver and fund free social care ...

Assessment and safeguarding complaint numbers rose significantly, but ombudsman upheld similar number to previous year ...

Think Ahead announces it will close in August 2027, when final cohort completes two-year programme and DHSC funding ends ...

Prime minister confirms plan for Labour to fight next election on plan for social care system free at the point of use ...

A third of carers are spending over 100 hours a week caring, while use of services by those they care for has fallen ...

Safety watchdog finds people in crisis facing prolonged stays in crowded, noisy and untherapeutic emergency departments ...

Agency decision makers reversed 1,010 decisions to place children for adoption in 2025-26, up 17% on the year before ...