Children in young offender institutions (YOI) in England are typically being kept in their cells for about 20 hours a day and receiving less than 15 hours of education per week, figures obtained by the Howard League for...
Councils’ early help spending plummets by £2bn
Council spending on early intervention services has fallen by more than £2bn over 15 years, a drop of 42%, analysis shows. The Children’s Charity Coalition is calling on the government to “turbocharge long-term...
Over three million families to lose out from disability and incapacity benefit changes, says DWP
Over three million families will lose an average of £1,720 per year in real terms by 2029-30, as a result of proposed changes to disability and incapacity benefits, the government has estimated. This includes 370,000...
Black social worker representation halves between front line and management, data shows
Chief social worker Isabelle Trowler says action needed to tackle drop-off in representation of staff from minority groups at senior level in children’s services, whose staffing remains ‘very white’...
Concern over use of school funding for disadvantaged children
There is a risk that disadvantaged children may not be benefitting from billions of pounds of Department for Education funding given to schools to narrow the attainment gap, an influential group of MPs have said. In a...
Government permanently ends detention of girls in YOIs
The government has permanently barred the use of young offender institutions (YOI) to detain girls sentenced to custody. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this: Share on X...
