Child poverty in the UK has increased the most out of the world’s richest countries over the last decade, according to figures revealed by Unicef Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now...
Racism: Social worker calls experiences exhausting
A social worker said racism she encounters was like “death by a thousand cuts”. Jade Forbes, who is black, said the workplace bigotry she experienced had affected her mental health. Read the full article on...
Free childcare for 30 hours a week? It sounds too good to be true – and for worse-off families, it is
Free childcare! Thirty hours a week from nine months until primary school was the eye-catcher in the chancellor’s spring budget. Was this, finally, Scandinavian-quality nurseries? No, sadly. Read the full article on...
Councils reveal sharp rise in high-cost children’s care placements
There has been a sharp rise in the number of social care placements costing £10,000 a week, a Local Government Association (LGA) survey has revealed. While in 2018/19 there were 120 such placements, this figure rose to...
Fears rise for LGBTQ asylum seekers over Home Office hotel room-sharing push
Concerns are mounting for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers living in accommodation provided by the Home Office as the government ramps up its Operation Maximise exercise to “cram” more people into hotel rooms. A Guardian...
Early years funding rates uplift ‘not enough’ to prevent closures, providers warn
A Department for Education uplift of early years funding rates worth £400m will “fall short” of what providers need to deliver the government’s planned expansion of the funded childcare offer, sector leaders have said...
