The standards for employers of social workers in England should be strengthened to help boost the provision of practice ...

Bridget Phillipson succeeded as education secretary by Lucy Powell, who will take charge of children's social care ...

Prime minister allocates £340m in extra cash for policy and signals five-year programme to provide homes and support ...

Review finds little policy on social work professional development from the Department of Health and Social Care beyond the ...

Cooper appointed health and social care secretary, meaning she will oversee reform of adults' services, which is expected to be a priority for the new prime minister Yvette Cooper has been appointed ...

Ministers' decision not to create regional children's services authority criticised by charities and social work expert ...

Social workers are divided over whether the lead child protection practitioner role should become a protected title ...

Councils overspent their 2025-26 adult social care budgets by over £700m on back of NHS cuts, report directors ...

Social workers cautious about expansion of statutory social care to cover targeted early help, finds Community Care poll ...