Carer stole nearly £50,000 from elderly woman to fund holidays and luxury items
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn elderly woman’s carer stole her savings and splashed nearly £50,000 on holidays and luxury items, a court heard. Read More
Hundreds of children placed in illegal care homes because of chilling failures
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHundreds of children have been placed in illegal residential care homes due to chilling failures, a damning report has found. Read More
Migrant who entered UK saying he was a health worker was found working in a curry house
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A Bangladeshi man who claimed he was coming to Britain as a care worker ended up serving curry in an Indian…
Migrant care workers taught what a knife is
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMigrant workers in Britain’s care homes are being taught what toast is and how to “recognise a knife”. Read More
Children's home providers putting profit ahead of need, warns Ofsted
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of children’s homes in England has reached a record high – as Ofsted warns providers are focusing on cheaper housing…
More than 2,000 children disappear in social services care each year
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly 2,400 children who have been trafficked or arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum went missing while in local authority care last year. …
Carer who kept pensioner as 'caged animal' and stole £300K on-the-run in Tenerife
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA carer is on the run in Tenerife after plundering a six-figure sum from a “cash cow” pensioner she kept as a “caged…
Cost of place in children’s care homes in England hits almost £320,000 a year
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePrivate firms’ profits soar, watchdog says, as prices nearly double in five years Read More
Overseas care worker recruitment ban comes into force
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteProviders will no longer be able to source care workers or senior care workers from abroad on skilled worker visas under immigration…
Shock report shows care home workers are more likely to live in poverty
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe nation’s army of care workers are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than the average worker, it has…