Death rate three to four times higher than among general population blamed on isolation of those leaving care
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NHS ombudsman warns of years-long waits and patients paying thousands to go private as demand for services soars
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Nearly a quarter of households with children under five are experiencing food poverty, rising to one in two among single-parent families, according to analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think...
Government launches consultation on make-up of Child Protection Authority, which is designed to provide national oversight of safeguarding and tackle system’s ‘fragmentation, failure to learn lessons and...
Young people will suffer most from the government’s failure to take seriously the unsustainable pressure on public finances and living standards created by the UK’s ageing population, according to the findings of...
With a record 4.5 million children in the UK living in poverty, the Labour government has been under pressure to act quickly and lift families across the country out of hardship. And now, the government’s long...
The government’s Child Poverty Strategy, Our Children, Our Future published last week, makes several welcome commitments, not least the abolition of the two-child limit and strengthened support for families in temporary...
Early years sector leaders are warning that the government’s focus on funding childcare for working families risks further worsening the disadvantage attainment gap after official figures showed this widened again...
Dysfunctional DWP failed to notify some carers that they were accruing enormous debt for years, Liz Sayce’s damning report reveals
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Numbers of foster carers and places dropped this year, continuing a downward trend following the pandemic, latest official figures show.
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Dysfunctional DWP failed to notify some carers that they were accruing enormous debt for years, Liz Sayce’s damning report reveals
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Campaigners have highlighted a 50% rise in the number of pupils struggling to regulate their behaviour, manage emotions and form relationships in school. Data published by education charity nurtureuk suggest that 15.6%...
Plan aims to restrict ‘over-policing’ of looked-after young people and ensure challenging behaviour is met with support rather than criminalisation
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