New figures revealing the number of children in care has hit a 10-year high point to a care system “in crisis”, the Children’s Commissioner has said. According to Department for
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There was widespread abuse of children at care establishments in Scotland, an interim report has concluded. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has published its findings into residential institutions run by
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Vulnerable children in care are being treated like “pass the parcel” and housed far away from the areas they consider home, a report has warned. Some 30,000 children in care
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The Scottish Government has apologised for the “suffering” of child migrants sent abroad by institutions entrusted to care for them. Thousands of children from Scotland were sent overseas through child
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The availability of secure accommodation for vulnerable children in England and Wales is in crisis, a senior judge has said. Lord Justice Baker said the “significant shortfall in the availability
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In May 2019, the A Way Home Scotland Coalition were tasked with creating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathway for care leavers by the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action
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The passing of new legislation, ensuring that compensation will be paid to the survivors of institutional abuse, has been hailed as a “unique and historic” moment by campaigners. The Bill
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Conditions in youth jails are worse than they were a decade ago despite falling numbers of offenders behind bars, researchers have claimed. The number of children in custody fell by
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No decision has been made on whether a bill compensating victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland will become law before Parliament dissolves, a minister said. Victims of physical,
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The Education Secretary says the public sector has a “moral duty” to create paid-for internships for youngsters leaving the care system – but is offering no extra money to fund
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