Three children removed from woman who planned to take them to Syria
A woman has had three children taken from her care after a High Court judge concluded that she had planned to take them to an area of Syria controlled by
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Corbyn warns already ‘devastated’ public services face fresh Government squeeze
Schools, hospitals and other public services left “devastated” by “ideological” Conservative cuts face a fresh squeeze on finances, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed. In the final hours of campaigning before the
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Wife of child abuser avoids prison for looking up victims’ social care records
The wife of a man who was jailed for 20 years for sexually abusing children in a care home has avoided prison for looking up social care records of his
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Care home insolvencies rise amid council funding pressures
The number of care home insolvencies increased by almost a fifth last year amid a fall in local authority funding, a new study has revealed. A total of 47 care
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Labour calls for councils to be compelled to act on homelessness
New laws are needed to stop councils allowing people to slip into homelessness, Labour has insisted. The party’s shadow housing and planning secretary, John Healey, has backed calls by the
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Case review for woman who had son taken from her care after failing drug test
A woman whose son was taken from her care after she failed one in a series of drug tests is to have her case reviewed by Court of Appeal judges.
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Report: CUTS – The impact of austerity on fostered children & families that care for them
The wellbeing of children living in foster care is under threat from Government funding cuts to local authority budgets in England, The Fostering Network is warning following a survey of
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Local authority concern over child refugees aged six ‘arriving alone in Britain’
Children as young as six are arriving in Britain without their parents to claim asylum, it has emerged. The disclosure came as local authority officials gave evidence to a Lords
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Woman loses appeal court ruling after social workers raised concerns over child names
A woman who wants to name her daughter “Cyanide” and her son “Preacher” has lost the latest round of a court fight after social workers raised concerns. The woman, who
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Corbyn: Poor families ‘socially cleansed’ out of cities by Tory housing policies
Poorer families face being “socially cleansed” out of the cities they live in under Tory housing policies, Jeremy Corbyn claimed as he prepared to face his first major electoral test.
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