A woman is challenging rules which deprived her of legal aid for action to protect her from her former partner. “Claire” gets universal credit but not legal aid because there is equity in the home she owns with her ex-partner. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52965764
The coronavirus lockdown has created a “perfect storm” for many children isolated with their abusers, ex-home secretary Sajid Javid has said. Writing in the Telegraph, he said this will contribute to a “surge” in cases. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52876226
I have written many sentences, many times, suggesting that ministers have agreed a way to sort out the creaking system of social care. Read more on the BBC news website:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52737557?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cg5rv3gjj22t/social-care&link_location=live-reporting-correspondent
The shadow chancellor said the government would have “real problems” if it did not “tackle the social care crisis”. John McDonnell quoted former Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt who highlighted a lack of financial help for social care in Rishi Sunak’s Budget. The Labour MP said he was “absolutely worried” about social care, as he […]
Calls to the NSPCC about children witnessing the most serious forms of domestic abuse have jumped 25% in a year, the charity has warned. The number of reports that were referred to the police or local authorities rose to 6,642 in 2018/19 – up from 5,322 the year before. The children involved were at “huge […]
he NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince’s Trust charity. The new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration. The trust’s research suggests there is concern among public-sector employers that jobs are becoming harder to fill. […]
Hopes that a closed care home for elderly people in Aberystwyth could reopen under a new owner have been dashed. Ceredigion councillors heard a deal to sell Bodlondeb, which closed in January 2018 amid protests, had fallen through. They have agreed to re-advertise the building for sale as social housing. To read more click on […]
A care charity that provides services for about 90 adults in Oxfordshire says it will shut them by the end of May. Hft, which runs several services in Milton, near Didcot, said running them was leaving it with a £5,000 shortfall every week. Its chief executive said that was the result of “chronic underfunding of […]
Young carers spend an average of 25 hours a week looking after loved ones, new research suggests. Their unpaid work is the equivalent of £12,000 a year on a part-time carer’s wage, says Action for Children. Describing it as a “hidden child workforce”, the charity says the amount of responsibility being placed upon children is […]
High concentrations of substandard care homes in some areas leave families with no choice but to accept an under-performing home for older and disabled relatives, an analysis suggests. Over a third of beds were in settings rated as not good enough in a sixth of areas, the think tank IPPR found. In two places – […]
