Social services

We Won't Solve Our Knife Crime Epidemic With Knee-jerk Quick Fixes

It is impossible to overstate the consequences of cuts to services for our young people. The Tories have betrayed a generation, Cat Smith MP writes.
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Council Tax Rises Set For Almost All Of England As Austerity Bites

“We know that council funding is broken."
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Six Classrooms' Worth Of Youngsters Put On Child Protection Plans Every Day

Demand has doubled in the last decade.
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After Being Trafficked And Abused I'm Finally Happy And Helping Other Women Overcome Trauma

For years, I expected to die - at my own hand or at someone else’s
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The Spring Statement Failed To Confront The Social Care Crisis

People with long-term health conditions and their carers are being pushed to breaking point
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Youth Workers - Picking Up The Social Services Slack

The government is systematically failing our children and their families
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