All news on the topic: Social services

Ahead of a historic General Election on Thursday the people of the UK have a chance to reject the misery and blundering of the Tory government. It is time for change and a fresh start.

Roisin Pelan, who was given just three years to live in January 2018, is making the most of her time left

Social security, gay rights, abortion, divorce, civil partnerships, the abolition of capital punishment... the list of what a massive Labour majority can achieve means it's something only the Tories are frightened of

Nicole Austin, 25, says she was left 'traumatised' after police showed up at her house following reports of 'child neglect' after the mum posted a messy house video

Laura Turner, from London, was arrested after taking her children to A&E as she suffered from what specialists believe was involuntary intoxication from prescribed medication

Magistrate Sam Trask, expected to 'respect the dignity of all' in his judicial role, once boasted his favoured bra size measuring technique was 'hand sizing them by feel'

Ukrainian police arrested the 19-year-old mum in Dnipro after she turned up to meet someone she was allegedly planning to sell her two-year-old son to for £19,000

Call the Midwife's Cliff Parisi is celebrating his 64th birthday today. We take a look back at his tough upbringing, including the huge teenage mistake that introduced him to acting

A jury in the case of Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon, who are accused of killing their baby daughter Victoria, have returned after a brief pause in the trial

Farouk James has asked for a medical exemption from the strict rules and goes to classes in braids, but the school is insisting he will be kicked out if he doesn't cut his hair short.

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Marc Masterton has been found guilty of abusing his ex girlfriend Zoe Castle, a year after he was sentenced for abusing Chloe Holland to the point she took her own life

Harvey and her boyfriend, Elliot Benham, 25, are said to have searched online for methods to end the pregnancy and bought drugs she then took, before wrapping the baby in a towel and dumping it in a bin

A Child Safeguarding Practice Review has outlined the history of the seven-month-old baby's life and death, following the tragedy in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham

The Tenderloin neighbourhood is home to the highest concentration of kids in San Francisco but also faces serious problems with homelessness and drug use leading to the creation of the Safe Passage programme

Richard Dawson, 35, offered interest rates of 100% after one week, and 200% after a fortnight for vulnerable customers who were desperate for money, including a mum and son

Rishi Sunak has refused to amend the 'reasonable punishment' defence of the Children Act 2004, so we asked Mirror readers if they think smacking children should be banned

Residents who have not yet left two shipping container estates that have been branded "hellish" have said they will be forced to leave in the coming days with eviction notices given out

Liam Fosbrook, 29, stabbed Dylan Towers, 35, after Mr Towers appeared at his sister Tara's home in Stockport in December 2021

A shocking amount of mould and damp found in a home in Gloucester has led to councillors to call for a review into social housing - with the mould so bad one councillor was left choking for air

Robert Morgan and David Holyoak, from Cumbria, have been put behind bars after they let Dorothy Morgan, 71, drop to four-and-a-half-stone before they sought medical attention, which came too late

Mum of five Constance Marten is on trial with her partner Mark Gordon at the Old Bailey, where they are accused of manslaughter by neglect of their baby daughter Victoria

An estimated 17,000 children are affected by having a mum in prison every year and many will be separated on Mother’s Day this Sunday as experts call for more support

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of killing their newborn baby Victoria by taking her on the run in January last year to prevent her being taken away by social services, allegations they deny

Jeremy Hunt's Budget on Wednesday will bore the pants off you, says Fleet Street Fox. Here's what you'll miss

Constance Marten told police, in an interview played to the jury today, about the moments after her newborn daughter's death whilst her and Mark Gordon went on the run in South Downs from social services