Dorset resident loses legal challenge over Bibby Stockholm barge
A Dorset resident has lost a legal challenge over a council’s decision not to consider using its powers over the mooring of the Bibby Stockholm in waters off its coastline,
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Photos of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ injuries should have changed his fate – practice report
A review of efforts to safeguard Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has said it is difficult to understand why police did not step in after being sent a photograph of bruising suggesting he
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Most unaccompanied asylum-seeking children still missing from hotels, says minister
Most of the unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who went missing on the Government’s watch, and are still missing, are now 18, a Home Office minister has said. Lord Sharpe of Epsom
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Long-term funding is needed to ensure family services are not cut, say watchdogs
A support programme for babies and their families in England must have a guaranteed minimum level of long-term funding, a watchdogs’ review has said. The Start for Life programme offers
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Sharp rise in number of asylum seekers needing help for homelessness in England
The number of asylum seekers needing help for homelessness in England after having been in supported accommodation has jumped sharply in a year. Official figures published on Tuesday showed the
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Generation of children having lives blighted by homelessness, warns charity
The number of children living in temporary accommodation has reached another record high, while people needing help for homelessness due to no-fault evictions has also reached a new peak. A
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Council fined £100K after vulnerable man choked to death in supported living accommodation
A council has been fined £100,000 over health and safety breaches after a vulnerable man choked to death on a sandwich unsuitable for his prescribed diet. The Health and Safety
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Labour government ‘determined to make social care work’, says shadow minister
A Labour government would be determined to “make social care work”, the shadow minister has pledged but said he cannot put a figure on how much investment there would be
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Minister issues prosecution warning to those involved in illegal children’s homes
Placing vulnerable youngsters in illegal children’s homes is “unacceptable”, an education minister has told Parliament. Condemning the practice, Baroness Barran (pictured) pointed out that running unregulated properties is an offence
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‘Deeply rooted social inequalities’ exposed in number of children entering care system
One in every 52 children in Blackpool is in care compared with one in 140 across England, according to new analysis which researchers said exposes “deeply rooted social inequalities” in
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