Category - Marginalised & Excluded

The cost to councils in England of looking after rising numbers of child asylum seekers has almost doubled in four years, the Local Government Association (LGA) says. It says the annual cost of providing accommodation and care for these young asylum...

 21 February 2019 This Commons Library Briefing Paper provides an overview of the concerns that increasing numbers of children in England are being ‘off-rolled’ – being excluded or otherwise leaving school for reasons that do not...

Cumulative effect since 2010 has left each person £1,495 a year worse off, analysis shows. Austerity policies from the Treasury have resulted in slower growth in every year since 2010 and left each household £300 a month worse off as a result, a...

MPs are calling for urgent funds to reduce the risk posed to the UK’s 2.6m children of alcoholic parents – as figures show drug and alcohol related hospital admissions are on the rise. Liam Byrne MP, chair of the children of alcoholics...

Around a quarter of councils are planning cuts in children’s care services this year as they struggle to cope with austerity and rising demand, a survey has found. The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) annual State of Local Government...

The children’s commissioner for England is calling for a compulsory register to keep a closer watch over home education, after she discovered levels have doubled in five years. Off-rolling could be behind surge in home schooling, the...

  HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the Youth Justice Board have published a report looking at the experiences of 12 -18 year olds held in secure training centres (STCs) and young offender institutions (YOIs) in England and Wales for 2017/18...