Staff room: talking health and social care with Tameside Council
When it comes to recruitment in health and social care, headlines often focus on hospitals and care homes under pressure. Less visible are the people within councils working to keep services running amid rising demand.
‘Sobering’ jobs crisis leaves Labour facing renewed welfare pressure
The government is preparing for another attempt at welfare reform after a review warned rising youth unemployment is costing the UK more than £125bn annually.
Women who report abuse are being criminalised – report
Women are being wrong arrested, prosecuted and in some cases separated from their children, by police officers who failed to recognise them as victims of domestic abuse.