Funding for free nursery places delivering early learning and childcare will double over the term of the next Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged. In a wide-ranging education
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A joint inspection of services in South Lanarkshire has recommended that improvements are made to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people. The inspection, carried out in June and
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The Scottish Government is to host a summit on protecting children and young people later this week. Ministers, local authorities and children’s charities will meet in Edinburgh to discuss how
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Scotland’s Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced a near £1 million funding package for three leading voluntary organisations working to reduce reoffending. The funding will allow Apex Scotland, SACRO and
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A social worker allocated to a boy in the years before he killed his foster carer has told an inquiry he was fond of the child. Scott McCabe described the
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Seven local authorities have been announced by Education Secretary Angela Constance as the first recipients of funding from the £100 million Attainment Scotland Fund. Glasgow, Dundee, Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, North
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A man whose wife was killed by their 13-year-old foster child has called for a close investigation into social work services. Bryan McKenzie, 40, outlined a series of concerns about
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A woman killed by her 13-year-old foster child was a kind and caring person who had an affinity with children, her husband has told an inquiry. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was
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An elderly man has died in hospital following a fire at a Dundee care home over the weekend. Fire crews were called to the blaze at the Balhousie Clement Park
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Glasgow City Council has launched an internal investigation into the conduct of a senior member of its social work department. Raymond Bell, Head of Mental Health and Adult Support &
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