Part of the Home Office’s guidance on reuniting unaccompanied child asylum seekers (UAMs) with their families in the UK is unlawful, the High Court has ruled. Safe Passage, a charity
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Thousands of EU children living in the UK are estimated to become undocumented this week because applications to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) have not yet been made on their
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The number of children needing foster care in England could rise by around a third within the next decade, but many councils are unprepared, research warns. The Social Market Foundation
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Six former health and social care ministers have backed proposals to reform the social care workforce in the absence of long-awaited Government plans. The Future Social Care Coalition (FSCC) put
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Boris Johnson has been warned the “time for excuses is over” as Labour pressed him to urgently bring forward his social care reform plans. Health minister Helen Whately outlined her
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Ministers have insisted that the Government is committed to delivering proposals for social care reform before the end of the year, after MPs were told that a “crucial” meeting on
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Social care leaders in England have called on the Government to publish its proposed reforms of the sector before parliament breaks for the summer. In a letter to Prime Minister
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Social services are overly focused on “investigating” families struggling to care for their children rather than providing support to help them through their difficulties, a report has found. The Independent
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Many care providers in England are living hand to mouth and the Government appears “complacent” about the potential for local markets to fail, MPs have warned. The coronavirus pandemic has
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Kent County Council has warned it has “reached the limit” for the number of unaccompanied child migrants it can look after for the second time in a year. Council leader
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