Moving children into out-of-area placements away from their local authorities has left more children at risk of exploitation, a Labour MP has said. Labour’s Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and
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A father of five who began a new life as a woman after leaving an ultra-orthodox Jewish community has abandoned a family court fight over her children. The woman has
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The Only Way Is Essex star Lydia Bright has urged people in the UK to consider becoming foster parents. The reality star’s own parents fostered children when she was growing
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An £89m Welsh Government fund is providing care closer to home for people of all ages, helping reduce pressure on hospitals and social care services across Wales, the Deputy Minister
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Councils have been asked to review their adoption practices following concerns eligible parents who wish to adopt are being wrongly turned away. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson made the request following
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A whistleblower has claimed senior police “betrayed the public” and tried to “bury the truth” after a damning report revealed officers suspected young girls were being abused “in plain sight”
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Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins has apologised to the children abused “in plain sight” by the grooming gangs his officers failed to bring to justice. He spoke after
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A national investigation is to examine the “disturbing pattern” of failings at some residential schools which has allowed child sexual abuse to take place. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual
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Around one in five adults in England and Wales experienced a form of child abuse before they turned 16, figures suggest. In the year to March, the Crime Survey for
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The Care Inspectorate has today published a report on the deaths of looked after children in Scotland. The report draws attention to themes emerging from notifications received by the Care
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