Closure of Cambridgeshire care service will cost council much more than it saves

Cambridgeshire County Council’s decision to shut a service helping children in care to return to their families would harm vulnerable children and end up costing more money, UNISON and Unite warn today. Councillors voted to shut down the reunification and placement stability service (RAPSS) last week, putting its five specialist staff at risk of losing […]

Redundancies bombshell for Norfolk Children’s Services

Staff working for Norfolk County Council Children’s Services have been told that a budget cut of £4m could result in between 40 and 80 people being made redundant. Rumours about potential redundancies had been circulating for some time and senior steward Dave Lambert had tried to find out the truth. But despite a longstanding informal […]