Judge labels woman ‘disgraceful’ after lying to social worker in adoption case
A woman who wanted a new partner to adopt her 11-year-old son and dishonestly told a social worker that she did not know who the boy’s father was has been
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Top judge to review decade-long dispute over father’s access to daugther
The most senior family court judge in England and Wales is to review a separated couple’s decade-long dispute over access to their daughter after an appeal by the youngster’s father.
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Jeremy Corbyn calls for overhaul to tackle child hunger in Scotland
Jeremy Corbyn has said “we shouldn’t have hungry children in Scotland in 2018” ahead of a visit to a council-run scheme to provide meals for children during school holidays. The
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Teenagers quizzed after six-week-old boy’s death at mother and baby unit
A six-week-old baby whose death is being treated by police as murder died at a unit for young mothers and their children, according to neighbours. Officers and paramedics were called
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Mother faces life sentence for murder of baby girl two hours after care workers left
A mother is facing a life sentence for murder after battering to death her “helpless and vulnerable” baby daughter two hours after social services care workers left her home alone
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Judge condemns independent social worker who assessed children taken to Syria by mother
An independent social worker – who assessed four children whose mother was jailed after taking them to the Syrian border – has come under fire from a High Court judge
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Judge’s criticisms over senior social worker anonymity appeal revealed
A family court judge’s criticisms of a social worker who won a fight to remain anonymous have emerged in a ruling published on a legal website. Judge Gavyn Arthur had
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Nearly half of school leaders struggling to commission mental health services
Hundreds of school leaders say they have had difficulties commissioning mental health services for pupils, according to a survey published by children’s charity Place2Be. The research showed that while 84%
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Initiative tackling mental health issues of children with long-term conditions to be rolled out
A new initiative to prevent mental health problems arising in children with long-term physical conditions has been successfully piloted across Scotland and is now available to schools and youth organisations
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Inquiry urges nationwide changes to care placements following cruelty at autism care home
Nationwide changes should be made to the way care placements are managed, a report has said, after an inquiry into the “cruel” mistreatment of residents at a care home for
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