Two thirds of adults open to adoption would consider caring for a child of a different ethnicity if they received extra support, a survey has found. Some 34% of UK
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The family justice system is in “crisis” with families dealing with a relationship breakdown facing a support “void”, according to a new report. Action is needed to ensure that children
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Thousands of children in care are being repeatedly moved between residential homes or living in unregulated accommodation, reporting “disgusting” and prison-like conditions, a report has found. Some children feel “dumped”
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Crisis in care – how children are being betrayed by the state. Ideally, no child should grow up in an institution. Yet there are 6,570 children currently growing up in
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This analysis contains the 2020 update to the Stability Index: the Children’s Commissioner’s ongoing project measuring levels stability for children in care. This update focuses on the cohort of children
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The care system contains many talented and tireless staff who provide excellent care, but the unfortunate reality is that the system still fails some children. The yearly Stability Index for
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A mother has been found guilty of allowing the death of her two-year-old son who died of a head injury after being murdered by her partner. Sarah O’Brien, 33, was
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The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales said he will not resign over a damning report into child sex abuse allegations. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of
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The founder of Kids Company claims the former charity’s collapse was “inevitable” because it “became a victim of its own success” and lost funders following a news report of “unverified
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MPs have launched an inquiry into the “disturbing” rise of self-generated child sexual abuse material. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media will investigate the problem, amid warnings of online
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