A mother who lied about her children being ill, forcing them to have surgery as part of a plan to falsely claim benefits showed no remorse during her three-month trial,
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Childcare provision in most parts of Scotland remains unsuitable for working parents, according to a parent-led campaign group. A survey of local authorities by the Fair Funding for our Kids
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Two men jailed for sexually abusing boys at the Catholic-run school where they taught committed a “gross abuse of trust”, a judge said. John Farrell, 73, and Paul Kelly, 64,
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Hundreds of millions of pounds have been cut from youth services across the UK in the past six years, leading to the loss of more than 3,600 jobs, according to
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A child welfare expert accused of falsely claiming to be a doctor is facing a four-day disciplinary hearing at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) in Dundee. Susan Stewart, 46,
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Ambitious new targets which could reduce the number of children living in “persistent poverty” to less than one in 20 by the year 2030 have been announced by the Scottish
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Only three in 100 children in care in England receive the independent support they may legally be entitled to. If it is in their interests, every child in the country
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Children as young as five have been accused of carrying out sexual offences at school, new figures reveal. And victims as young as four have been targeted, according to an
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Ministers have been accused of suppressing a critical evaluation of the Government’s Troubled Families initiative which cast doubt on the effectiveness of the programme. The initiative, launched in the wake
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The grandfather of murdered six-year-old Ellie Butler has told how his life savings were wiped out fighting for her custody while taxpayers picked up her killer father’s vast legal bill.
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