A new national response unit will be established to help local authorities support vulnerable children at risk of exploitation by criminal gangs, Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced.
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England has been “left behind in the race” to resolve its social care funding problems, a charity has warned. Age UK said an entire generation of elderly people had “lost
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Cash-strapped councils were forced to overspend on their children’s social care budgets while shaving nearly £500 million off their collective expenditure last year compared with the previous 12 months, official
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An announcement on abortion buffer zones is expected from Home Secretary Sajid Javid next month, heightening campaigners’ hopes for victory. A cross-party campaign to stop the harassment and abuse of
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Drastic cuts to jobs and services are expected at cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council, as councillors meet to consider an action plan designed to deal with a budget shortfall of up
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Immigration minister Caroline Nokes has agreed to allow Glasgow City Council to individually assess all asylum seekers embroiled in a lock change row. Ms Nokes (pictured) met council leader Susan
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There were missed opportunities to protect a baby girl who was murdered by her father two weeks after he formally adopted her, a review has found. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 32, passed
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The Home Office’s handling of more than 1,000 lone child refugees living in the Calais “Jungle” when it was dismantled has been branded a “shocking denial of children’s rights”. In
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A troubled county council has held an extraordinary meeting amid concerns that it will no longer be able to pay for services for vulnerable children and adults and meet its
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A charity is calling for greater access to respite support after it emerged that 72% of Britain’s 700,000 young carers feel lonely and isolated during the summer holidays. Research by
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