The Attorney-General for Northern Ireland has made a reference to the Supreme Court over whether proposed changes to Northern Ireland's Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice that differ from the approach set out in the landmark Cheshire West ruling nevertheless satisfy Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to liberty).

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has found fault with how Croydon Council assessed a man’s needs and how it planned his care and support, finding that the authority’s approval panel was focused “solely” on the costs of the man’s care, not on how best to meet his needs.

The Local Government Association published a guide for councillors on local authority public health responsibilities.

Care sector employers have to deal with a significantly higher number of disciplinaries and grievances than other sectors, according to research by law firm Birketts.

There are now just 11 local authorities with so-called ‘twin hat’ directors, who hold both statutory roles of Director of Children’s Services and Director of Adult Social Services, it has emerged.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) should be subject to a new statutory duty to safeguard vulnerable claimants in a bid to fix its “deficient” safeguarding practices, according to the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee.

Plans to ban the recruitment of adult social care workers from abroad could lead to a shortage of workers and force providers to rely on expensive agency staff, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has warned.

The government has announced that an independent commission into adult social care, chaired by Baroness Louise Casey, tasked with setting out the plan for implementing a National Care Service will report by 2026, and make “longer-term” recommendations for the transformation of adult social care by 2028.

A new Protocol regulating communications between judges in Scotland, England & Wales, and Northern Ireland has been agreed for cases involving adults who lack capacity.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a warning to residential care providers over a VAT grouping structure that it has labelled a form of tax avoidance.

An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council at fault for its delay in completing a safeguarding investigation about a father’s care of his adult son, which led to the son’s weekend visits home being stopped “longer than necessary”.

The High Court has upheld a possession order granted to Richmond Housing Partnership (RHP) against a tenant who is a hoarder, rejecting a submission that the first instance judge's conclusion that the social landlord had acted proportionately was wrong.

The Vice President of the Court of Protection has ruled that a guardianship order made in Scotland does not give the local authority power to authorise the deprivation of a man’s liberty in England.