The UK asylum system is retraumatising women and girls who have fled rape and sexual abuse and putting them at risk of further harm, leading charities have said. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share...
Sure Start programme cut youth offending by a fifth, report finds
Support for children under the age of five through the Sure Start programme “significantly reduced” the chances of offending when they reached adolescence, a report has found. Read more. Share this: Share on X (Opens in...
Children left waiting years for a SEND diagnosis, Children’s Commissioner warns
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being left to wait more than five years for a formal diagnosis and access to support, research by Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza...
Doctors say UK’s immigration system risks ‘re-traumatising’ asylum seekers
Royal College of Psychiatrists calls for review of laws, saying Labour has ‘moral and ethical obligation’ to protect those seeking sanctuary in UK Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this: Share on...
Special needs funding claims in English schools ‘increasingly being refused’
Pupils with special educational needs in mainstream schools are increasingly being refused additional funding from councils in England unless they have legal documents supporting their claims. Experts say that...
YOIs still locking children in cells for 22 hours a day, damning review finds
Young offender institutions (YOIs) continue to lock children in cells for more than 22 hours a day despite the prisons’ inspectorate calling for an end to the practice four years ago, a progress review finds. Read the...
