Ofsted data shows 20% increase in number of registered children's homes in 2025-26 as government seeks to shrink sector ...

Josh MacAlister says says case should send "clear signal" to people operating illegal provision that "the law w ...

DHSC also confirms that local government will not have seat at the table in negotiations, prompting council warnings ...

How do you measure contentment? This is one of the many questions practitioners from Gloucester County Council's adult social ...

Prime minister tells BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he would not want to leave office without having brought in a new social care ...

Social workers are sceptical that reorganising local government into unitary councils will improve the quality of social care provision, a poll has found. In July, ministers announced that 25 social ...

The Supreme Court’s recent AGNI judgment, which overturned its landmark 2014 Cheshire West ruling, has divided professionals, practitioners and academics. The judgment replaced the acid test – that a ...

Following a contentious election subject to complaints, Dave Callow sets out his vision for the Social Workers Union ...

Prime minister also initiates cross-party talks on adult social care reform and accelerates Casey Commission timetable ...

Revised version distinguishes between cases that do and do not appear to meet the new test for deprivation of liberty ...

The Law Commission has proposed replacing existing private law orders with a single order for kinship care arrangements ...