The two-child limit was part of a package of changes to benefits announced in 2015, aimed at reducing spending on working-age families. From 6 April 2017, low-income families having a third or subsequent child lost their entitlement to additional...
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Teacher recruitment issues ‘hit deprived areas most’
A national shortage of teachers is affecting disadvantaged areas hardest with school staff warning that it is hitting the quality of poorer pupils’ education, research by the Sutton Trust suggests. Schools in poorer areas are struggling most...
Child poverty
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Church of England have published a report looking at the impact the two-child limit, which was introduced in April 2017 which means that low-income families having a third or subsequent child...
Children in need
The Department for Education (DfE) has published the concluding report of its review of children in need in England. Alongside this, the DfE has published children in need final data and analysis. Findings include: at least 1.6 million children...
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Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: A Place of Safety
Each year hundreds of unaccompanied children claim asylum in London. Children arrive seeking refuge from war and persecution in countries across the world. These young people survive mass killings, escape from being recruited as child soldiers and...
Supporting children and young people at risk of being restrained
The Government has published non-statutory guidance on how to support children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions and mental health difficulties who are at risk of restrictive interventions. The...
Special educational needs
The Department for Education (DfE) has published findings from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN), and SEN provision in schools for England. Figures show that in January 2019 there were 1,318,300 pupils with...
Child sexual abuse
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) has published its annual report measuring the scale and changing nature of child sexual abuse (CSA) and exploitation in England and Wales. Analysis of data from local authority children’s...
Depression in children and young people: identification and management
2 July 2019 This guideline covers identifying and managing depression in children and young people aged 5 to 18 years. Based on the stepped-care model, it aims to improve recognition and assessment and promote effective treatments for mild and...
There is an alternative: Ending austerity in the UK
Since 2010/11, successive UK governments have chosen to impose a programme of austerity in an attempt to reduce the budget deficit. This period of austerity is set to be the longest pause in real terms spending growth on record. However, there is a...
