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RAF veteran forced out of care home when savings ran out after council failings

A Second World War veteran with dementia was forced out of his nursing home during the coronavirus pandemic when his money ran out after his local council failed to fund part of his care. John Lambert overpaid tens of thousands of pounds for the ...

01 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Valium prescriptions for vulnerable people to be reviewed after investigation

Valium prescriptions given to hundreds of people across England with drug and alcohol dependencies are to be reviewed after an investigation. A report by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found healthcare company Change Grow Live ...

23 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Councils failing to tackle anti-social behaviour, watchdog finds

Councils are too often leaving anti-social behaviour unchecked, a watchdog has found as it criticised a failure to tackle incidents including a neighbour’s 13-hour house party and another where a man had tennis balls thrown at him. The Local ...

16 Aug 2023 at 11:07

Council apologises after turning away 216 potentially homeless cases

Hundreds of cases of potentially homeless people, including domestic abuse victims, were dismissed by a council which has apologised for “failings” in its approach. Brentwood Council in Essex was accused by the Local Government and Social ...

09 Jan 2025 at 15:38

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