Lottie Winson

A number of councils have signed an open letter to the Government calling for “urgent” help to avert a temporary accommodation crisis, following an emergency summit attended by 158 local authorities.

The High Court has approved a settlement for a learning disabled and autistic man whose human rights were breached when he lived at Veilstone care home in Devon.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has told North Yorkshire Council to re-calculate how much a woman should pay for her care after finding faults with a predecessor authority's financial assessment.

Government issues council with best value notice over four-day week

The Court of Appeal has allowed a local authority's appeal against a judge's decision to reject its application that a young person should be made subject to a care order.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has allowed an appeal brought by a social worker relating to her treatment during employment and dismissal by

The Court of Appeal has allowed a father's appeal against interim care orders made in respect of his three children.

The Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA) has announced it is “assured” that all 22 local authorities in Wales have confirmed they have “appropriate

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has responded to a report by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, on reform in the Family Court, accepting only some of her 10 key recommendations.

Plymouth City Council has been issued with an improvement notice by the government following an inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality