Parents’ poor mental health has become the most common factor in children’s social care assessments in England, according to a report which saw it cited more often than domestic abuse for the first ...

The report by area commander Ian McMeekin, the local senior officer for Ayrshire, reveals that from April 1 to September 30 last year, there was a 24.4 per cent reduction in activity levels across the ...

The group said last month it was facing an extra £32 million in wage costs from Budget measures and that price rises would be ‘inevitable’.