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UNISON called for an urgent cash injection into social work yesterday after a report showed vulnerable kids are being failed due to cuts in child protection and mental health services.
The report from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), which is published today, found that children are suffering because of service underfunding.
Official figures show that councils reduced spending on staff in children’s social services by £147 million between 2010 and 2013 following cuts of more than £5 billion by central government on local authorities.
After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
