6 d. ago Cost of later life care hugely underestimated by majority of over 45s

The asset threshold for council care funding has been frozen at £23,250 since 2015, meaning that anyone with capital above this value is required to pay for their own care.

Politics

6 d. ago Frail woman, 94, died after 'disappearing off the face' of council care services

A coroner is hearing details surrounding Lillian Walsh's death - her son was convicted of neglect in his care of her

Events

1 week ago Fugitive Albanian 'gun trafficker' should not be extradited from the UK because he fears being killed in 'blood feud over £25,000 debt'

Alban Gjidiaj is wanted by prosecutors in his home country over an alleged plot to smuggle eight guns and a stash of bullets from Albania to sell to UK-based gangs.

Events

3 w. ago More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago The council overspending at the rate of nearly £500k per week

Rocketing demand for children's social care means Bolton council will need to dip into its cash reserves to balance the books

Economics

3 w. ago Angry neighbours of new camp for 600 lone male asylum seekers hit out at school for telling children to be 'kind and caring' to new arrivals

Crowborough's Army Training Camp in East Sussex is set to move in hundreds of lone male migrants by January - news locals only found out after it was leaked to a newspaper.

Events

3 w. ago Labour peer who fled Nazis as child hits out at asylum system shake

Lord Alf Dubs said the changes unveiled by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday, which has also caused unease among Labour MPs, will make the UK less welcome

Events

3 w. ago UK pledges to step up child deportations as part of asylum reforms

Home Office says hesitancy around deporting families creates ‘perverse incentives’ to put children on small boats

Events

last month Revealed: The 14,000 foreign criminals let off for saying SORRY

The foreigners were among more than 412,000 offenders who escaped receiving a criminal record because they were handed 'community resolution orders' instead.

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