The sister of a two-year-old boy who was found dead alongside his father in Lincolnshire has said police and social services “did what they could” and are not to blame.
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Councils need more support to help children in care reunite with their families, new research has warned, after it found funding constraints and struggles with recruitment and retention of staff
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A police force has referred itself to the police watchdog after a toddler was found dead next to his father’s body. Bronson Battersby, two, was found beside his dad Kenneth,
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A tearful whistleblower told of her frustration reporting the rape of children by grooming gangs in Rochdale only to be ignored by police and the local council. Sara Rowbotham, co-ordinator
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Parents are “in complete chaos” trying to access a new Government scheme that provides 15 hours of “free” childcare, a charity has said. A survey of more than 6,000 parents
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Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years in Rochdale because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The damning 173-page
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The rollout of family hubs across England to support parents has been welcomed but the Government vision “falls far short” of what is needed, according to a children’s charity. Free
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A Labour government will introduce a national register of children who are not in school in a bid to tackle high rates of persistent absence, the shadow education secretary will
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A father has been found guilty of murdering his two-year-old adopted daughter who died after he “bashed her head against a wall”. Jan Gholami and his wife Roqia Ghulami have
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Former Police Scotland chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone has been named as an ambassador for a children’s charity. Sir Iain (pictured) led the force between 2017 until he retired earlier
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