Council spending on care for child asylum-seekers has almost doubled in four years, according to the Local Government Association. It said figures show councils in England spent £152.4 million in
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More than 150 children have been have involved in care proceedings in the UK since 2013 over concerns they were in danger of being radicalised, a report has said. The
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A couple who have cared for their six-year-old grandson since he was born have won a family court fight after council social services bosses said he should be taken from
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A girl aged four brought up in an “utterly chaotic” environment by her parents had to be taught how to chew food when placed into foster care, a High Court
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Nicky Campbell was adopted at four days old and has struggled with his emotions presenting an ITV show tracing the origins of abandoned children. The broadcaster has traced his own
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Council social services bosses have changed their minds about taking four children from their parents’ care, a judge has said. Three had been earmarked for adoption and one placed with
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The Government has come under fire for allowing a Tory MP to block plans to tackle female genital mutilation. MPs from all parties attacked the Government for not taking the
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Medics in Scotland’s biggest cities have treated victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) on more than 230 occasions over the last two years, according to newly-uncovered figures. The statistics were
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A man who spent the night with a 12-year-old girl who he thought was 19 has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Carl Hodgson, 28, invited the child to his flat
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A family court judge has come under fire from two senior judges over the way she handled a hearing centred on the care of two children. Lord Justice Peter Jackson
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