A social worker has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after Social Care Wales found her fitness to practise was impaired because of her serious misconduct. Lucy
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Families should be given more support during a child’s early years to ensure youngsters are getting the best possible start in life, a committee of MPs has warned. The first
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A 54-year-old woman who says her children were unfairly taken from her could be jailed after a judge concluded that she had wrongly posted information relating to family court litigation
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More than nine in 10 deaths of homeless people were in cities and towns in 2017 with only 26 homeless people dying in rural areas, new data has revealed. Deaths
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Changes to council funding rules in England proposed by the Government will shift money from deprived to rich areas, an economic think tank has warned. Ministers’ plans to base assessments
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Council spending on care for child asylum-seekers has almost doubled in four years, according to the Local Government Association. It said figures show councils in England spent £152.4 million in
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A couple who have cared for their six-year-old grandson since he was born have won a family court fight after council social services bosses said he should be taken from
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A girl aged four brought up in an “utterly chaotic” environment by her parents had to be taught how to chew food when placed into foster care, a High Court
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Thousands of children are growing up in poverty in Britain after being treated like “second-class citizens” because of the “hostile environment” policy, a report claims. It says many children of
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Council social services bosses have changed their minds about taking four children from their parents’ care, a judge has said. Three had been earmarked for adoption and one placed with
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