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Secure facility for vulnerable children ‘unsafe and dangerous’, damning report finds

Secure facility for vulnerable children 'unsafe and dangerous', damning report finds

Glasgow carer struck off after being convicted of sexually assaulting two vulnerable service users

Carer struck off after sexually assaulting vulnerable service users

UK and Scottish Governments failing to act to reduce poverty, according to new report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation

POVERTY IN SCOTLAND

More than one million Scots still in poverty 'due to government inaction'

Council leaders withdraw support for Scottish Government’s revised National Care Service bill

Councils withdraw support for Scottish National Care Service

Scots living with welfare guardianship court orders reaches record high

Scots living with welfare guardianship orders reaches all-time high

Warning that National Care Service Bill could create ‘tug of war’ for services

Warning that National Care Service Bill could create ‘tug of war’ for services

Scrap National Care Service bill, unions tells Scottish Government

Scrap National Care Service bill, unions tells Scottish Government

Care homes in Lochaber and Stornoway on Lewis to close three years after being put up for sale

Highlands & Islands

Care homes on Lewis and in Highlands to close after failing to find buyer

Forfar carer struck off after embezzling over £3,000 from vulnerable individual

North East & Tayside

Carer struck off after embezzling over £3,000 from vulnerable individual

More than a quarter of Scotland’s unpaid carers living in poverty, new research finds

More than a quarter of unpaid carers in Scotland 'living in poverty'

Edinburgh carer struck off register after ‘stealing money’ from vulnerable woman

Edinburgh & East

Carer struck off after 'stealing cash' from vulnerable woman

Some children in care wait more than ten years for permanent home, study finds

Some children in care 'wait more than ten years for permanent home'

Social care workers at Enable Scotland balloted for strike action over pay, say union

Social care workers at leading charity balloted for strike action over pay

Parents ‘face increase in nursery fees’ as childcare costs continue to spiral

Parents 'face increase in nursery fees' as childcare costs continue to spiral

Carer support payment rolled out to more areas in Scotland

Carer support payment rolled out to more areas across Scotland

Care home fined £537,000 after resident burnt alive in bedroom

Care home fined £537,000 after resident burnt alive in bedroom

Council failed to support grandparent who took on child’s care after death of parent

Edinburgh & East

Council failed to support grandparent who took on child's care after parent's death

Carer struck off after stealing Buckfast, punching shopkeeper and torching home

Highlands & Islands

Carer struck off after stealing Buckfast, punching shopkeeper and torching home

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