Profiteering in the children’s care system must be stamped out so nobody gets rich off the back of vulnerable boys and girls, the Children’s Commissioner for England has demanded. Recent...

A crisis in social care meant more than 6,000 people died while waiting for a decision on whether to provide them with urgently-needed support. The dire figure highlights the long wait facing adults...

A UK secondary school has been forced to temporarily close after more than 250 pupils and staff members fell victim to a "flu like illness" that spread rapidly.In an email seen by the BBC, Lee...