A free child care policy may be extended to include foster families, Education Secretary Justine Greening has revealed. Under the current policy three and four-year-olds in families where all parents
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A campaign group backed by Professor Stephen Hawking has officially filed High Court papers in a bid to force the Government to hold a full public consultation into greater privatisation
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The number of investigations started by councils into whether children are being harmed or at risk has more than doubled in the last decade, town hall bosses have warned. More
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A family court judge has refused to approve social workers’ plans to separate five children whose parents have a history of drug abuse and can no longer care for them.
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A woman who lives in “constant fear” of her ex-husband should be allowed to give their two children new identities, a High Court judge has ruled Mr Justice Cobb said
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A fundamental review of the NHS is needed to address a financial crisis, Lord Kerslake said, after quitting as the boss of a major hospital trust in protest at funding
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Cash-strapped councils could see their funding halved over the next two years, “threatening the existence” of vital services, the Local Government Association has warned. Councils are facing a 54% reduction
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Spending on children’s services was slashed by nearly £1 billion under David Cameron, according to Labour. The party’s shadow education secretary Angela Rayner expressed concern, saying the Local Government Association
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A “barbaric and wicked” rapist who bludgeoned a woman with a paving slab on his 17th birthday and then left her for dead has been found guilty of attempted murder.
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A scheme to relieve pressure on local councils caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is set to be rolled out. Under new legislation the National Transfer Scheme (NTS), which allows hard-pressed
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