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MORE THAN 30 CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENTS IN SPECIAL MEASURES
Pretty much every council in the country now considers children's social care to be their biggest headache, not adult social care... READ MORE›
RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE
More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›
THE TORIES ARE IGNORING THE WORSENING CRISES IN SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH AND WELFARE
Faced with the double dilemma of a growing elderly population and chronic underfunding from central government, the social care system in Britain is at breaking point... READ MORE›
MINISTERS 'REFUSING TO PAY FOR FIRE SAFETY MEASURES' AFTER GRENFELL
However, the government appears determined not to fund or allow additional borrowing for any improvements that go beyond essential safety works... READ MORE›
IRISH COMPANIES NEED GOVERNMENT HELP TO WEATHER BREXIT, BUSINESS BODY SAYS
Even in a best outcome scenario margins will be tighter in new markets and cash-flow needs will increase... READ MORE›
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TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY
Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›
JEREMY CORBYN ACCUSES MAY OF SWEETHEART DEAL WITH SURREY COUNCIL
Surrey county council informed the government that they wished to become a pilot area, a DCLG spokesman said... READ MORE›
UK COUNCIL CUTS WILL LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE SLEEPING ROUGH, CHARITIES WARN
Spending on housing support in Norfolk had halved since 2010, and the latest proposed cut came as Norwich anticipated a 30 percent increase in demand for homelessness services... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS IN UK PLEDGE TO HELP RESETTLE REFUGEES
A number of local authorities have already signed up to a scheme pledging to take in 50 people according to Citizens UK... READ MORE›
BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY OPENING HOURS NEARLY HALVED
Council leader Sir Albert Bore has said the cut in government grant meant a 5... READ MORE›
ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR
The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›
WE MUST STOP LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE BEING DUMPED IN WASTE BINS OF LIFE
The young woman, who had a learning disability and autism, died at the Huntercombe Hospital 75 miles from her Nottingham home... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL
Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›
CHINA TO LAY OFF FIVE TO SIX MILLION WORKERS, EARMARKS AT LEAST $23 BILLION
In addition, an assortment of local government matching funds will also be made available... READ MORE›
THE POOR MUST NOT BE LEFT TO PICK UP THE TAB FOR EVERYONE'S SOCIAL CARE
The government's intention in allowing councils to increase council tax is to spread the financial burden of the nation's rising social care bill... READ MORE›
SOCIAL CARE SPENDING FALLING BELOW ?554 MINIMUM IN MOST AREAS
A number of councils, including Dartford, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Liverpool, Lancashire, Hampshire and North Lincolnshire, pay providers a local weekly rate well below ?400, while others are above ?600... READ MORE›
BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY STAFF HALVED IN COUNCIL BUDGET CUTS
Related Stories More than half the staff at Birmingham's new 189m library are to be made redundant under city council cuts plans... READ MORE›
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'
Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO OFFER HOMELESS FAMILIES IN DUBLIN THE CHANCE OF HOUSE IN RURAL COUNTIES
The government will offer homeless families from Dublin the chance of a house in rural counties, in a radical bid to ease the current crisis... READ MORE›
?1.3BN TROUBLED FAMILIES SCHEME HAS HAD 'NO DISCERNIBLE IMPACT'
Senior civil servant describes unpublished Whitehall report into efforts to tackle entrenched social problems as damning... READ MORE›
HOMELESSNESS - NOT IRISH WATER - WILL STOP GOVERNMENT GETTING BACK INTO POWER SAYS LEADING CAMPAIGNER
The Government is too concerned with getting re-elected to properly address the homelessness crisis according to a leading activist... READ MORE›
WHAT FATE AWAITS THE ONES SET FREE?
There was huge relief when 82 of the girls kidnapped by Islamist militants Boko Haram in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 were freed on Saturday... READ MORE›
WHY I QUIT THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-MUSLIM HATRED WORKING GROUP
In November 2011, I was invited to join the newly formed Cross-Government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group hosted in the Department for Communities and Local Government... READ MORE›
COUNCILS GET ?48M TO EXPAND HOMELESSNESS PROVISION
But short-term funding isn't enough to address the scale of homelessness in this country... READ MORE›
LABOUR CONDEMNS HOUSING CHAOS AS DEVELOPERS CALL FOR POLICY U-TURN
The City of London has estimated the policy will slash around 8m from its affordable housing budget... READ MORE›
GLENCORE YET TO PUT UP ALL WARNING SIGNS A YEAR AFTER ALERT
Statements from the government and Glencore have been inconsistent on the extent of the contamination problem... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA IS IN CRISIS: WHERE IS ALL THIS HEADING?
Earlier this year, the government, through the top court, tried to take away all powers of the National Assembly... READ MORE›
'FLOODGATES OPEN' TO PAY CLAIMS AFTER GARDAI OFFERED SPECIAL DEAL
'floodgates open' to pay claims after gardai offered special..... READ MORE›
THE HIGH SOCIAL COST OF DOWNSIZING THE STATE
This means finding better ways of funding local services, rather than depending on unpredictable government grants... READ MORE›
CHINA ADVISERS RECOMMEND 7 PERCENT GROWTH GOAL IN 2015 AS LEADERS MEET
We recommended a growth target of around seven percent, said Zhu Baoliang, chief economist at the State Information Centre, a top government think-tank... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS IN SUSPECTED IDLIB CHEMICAL ATTACK
Syria's government officially joined the Chemical Weapons Convention and turned over its chemical arsenal in 2013, as part of a deal to avert US military action... READ MORE›
'I DON'T STAY IN TRASH': PERTH LORD MAYOR
Mrs Scaffidi allegedly breached the Local Government Act on 45 occasions by accepting gifts and travel from companies, organisations and other governments... READ MORE›
COMMENT: THE GOVERNMENT STILL DOESNT GET CHILDCARE
Despite the 2015 Budget's huge increase in childcare spending the government still isn't addressing the key problems with childcare... READ MORE›
'STUNNED RESIGNATION': READERS' EXPERIENCES OF THE TURKEY COUP ATTEMPT
We asked people living in Turkey how they have been affected by the military coup attempt. Here they share their experiences... READ MORE›
SUGA APOLOGIZES TO OKINAWA'S ONAGA OVER LDP CALLS TO 'DESTROY' NEWSPAPERS
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga apologized to Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga in talks Saturday in Tokyo over recent remarks by ruling party members and... READ MORE›