Council staff will get 4% rise this year and 3.5% increase in 2026-27, after union members back improved local government pay ...

A social worker with over 20 years’ experience shares what she would tell her younger self when she was overwhelmed by work ...

We look at how the government expects councils to organise teams and practitioner roles to implement child protection and ...

Money comes from £560m allocated to developing children's homes and foster placements in government spending review ...