Ministers must “rocket boost” fostering to tackle a shortage of carers, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Dame Rachel de Souza suggested the Government could learn from its Homes
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A GP who had two children taken from her care has lost the latest round of a family court fight with her estranged husband. She mounted an appeal after a
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A mother and father who left their severely underweight five-month-old daughter with broken bones and exposed her to cannabis have been jailed for causing her death. Ava Mae Collard was
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A mother has been found guilty of the murder of her baby son who suffered injuries consistent with being shaken and striking his head on a hard surface. Eloddie Goncalves
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Children and young people are still being failed when it comes to special educational needs support, a watchdog has said as it revealed it had upheld the majority of complaints
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The First Minister has met with members of an organisation that helps build the skills and confidence of some of Scotland’s most vulnerable young people. Heavy Sound in Cockenzie, East
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The numbers of households and children in temporary accommodation in England are at record highs, according to the latest official homelessness statistics. Some 104,510 households were in temporary accommodation by
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A Scout leader who was accused by two women of sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers took his own life, an inquest has confirmed. Phillip Perks’ (pictured) body was
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The two-child benefit cap has affected more than 80,000 children in Scotland in the last year, research commissioned by the SNP has found. Analysis by the House of Commons Library
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The police watchdog has launched an inquiry into a force’s response to concerns raised for the welfare of a nine-year-old boy before he was held down in a bath and
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