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Antonella Lazzeri The Sun 7 Apr 10
Hard-drinker Hayley Nash from Walsall has more than doubled her benefits to £8,000 a year – by being signed off sick as alcoholic. Twin Charlotte is also set to sting the State – as she registers as her sister’s carer.
Hayley, 20, started boozing aged 12 and sinks 12 cans of lager and a litre of vodka a day. She’s been warned she’ll die if she does not stop…
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Express & Star 24 Feb 10
A mother stole thousands from the elderly Walsall man she was supposed to be caring for over six years, a court heard. Marlene Smith, aged 65, of Woodwards Place, Alumwell, Walsall, allowed Edward Ridley to rack up huge debts before his death, while she splashed out on caravan holidays to Wales…
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Kat Keogh B'ham Mail 2 Sep 09
Walsall music star Goldie has paid tribute to the social workers who helped him as a child as he backed a £100 million campaign to attract more people to the profession…
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The YamYam 29 August 09
Elderly and disabled people in Walsall face a massive £1 million reduction in residential and home care in a desperate effort to cut costs.
Council chiefs who run social care, health and housing in the borough are predicting that there will be a deficit of £1.6 million by the end of this year and will respond by withdrawing services.
A report to be tabled at the Social Care and Inclusion Scrutiny Committee on 3rd September will also recommend that a further £500,000 of extra funding already allocated to support vulnerable people will be frozen. In a further attempt to save money, a temporary social worker will be employed to “accelerate” care package reviews in the hope that services for the elderly and people with disabilities can be cut.
Dave Martin, head of social care in Walsall said: “This is just us being open and accountable to the scrutiny committee. In terms of the overall budget, it is certainly not a cause for alarm.”
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BBC News 10 June 09
Children with caring responsibilities are often “unidentified, unsupported and without a voice”, research by the watchdog Ofsted has found…