A severely neglected and chronically underweight 17-month-old child was taken into care only after a contractor reported seeing the youngster in a cot “with their arms taped up” in a
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The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will begin hearing evidence into the abuse of children in foster care in May. During the first phase of the foster care case study, which
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The children’s commissioner said local authorities should act as “pushy parents” for children in care – and even take children to school in areas of gang activity – in a
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A disabled 16-month-old toddler who had just learned to stand up drowned in a water trough when he was left unsupervised in the garden of his foster family’s home, an
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The number of children in care in England could reach almost 100,000 by 2025, the County Councils Network has warned. The County Councils Network (CCN) has warned that unless there
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Record numbers of households are inquiring about becoming foster carers but the proportion that go on to make a formal application is at an all-time low, figures show. The number
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The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has announced it will begin hearing evidence into the abuse of children in foster care next spring. It will hold public hearings which will include
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Scotland’s largest council has been ordered to pay more than £1.3 million to a man who was abused for years as a child by his foster carer. The Court of
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The number of children referred to a charity’s fostering services has risen by more than a third in a year, leading to an appeal for more foster carers. Barnardo’s is
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A new £48 million National Adoption Strategy has been launched to improve adoption services in England. The Government said the strategy will aim to better support families when adopting by
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