The number of children on child protection plans has risen 76% in 12 years, while the number of referrals to social care has increased almost a fifth over the same
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A High Court judge has said she is “extremely concerned” about the “physical safety” of a two-year-old girl whose father has a history of violence towards “people and animals”. Mrs
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The number of children adopted from care in England has fallen for the fifth year running as numbers of looked-after children continue to rise, new figures show. There were 3,440
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A teenage care leaver was left unable to secure a job after Manchester City Council failed to obtain him a passport, a new report shows. The 18-year-old, who was put
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Social workers considered allowing an 11-year-old girl at the centre of a fostering dispute to be deported, a report has concluded. There were several failings in the handling of the
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A teenager who threw a young boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern has had his appeal against his 15-year minimum prison term dismissed. Jonty Bravery (pictured), 19,
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A Bill that aims to provide financial compensation for survivors of historic childhood abuse has been backed by a committee of MSPs. But Holyrood’s Education Committee has raised some of
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It was “conspicuously unfair” for the Government not to include groups representing vulnerable children in discussions about changes to their protections during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Court of Appeal has
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Up to 44% of young people who have left care have poor wellbeing, a survey has found. Care leavers are more likely to struggle financially, have low life satisfaction and
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A young boy who suffered burns after one of his parents held him against a heater should leave home and live with a relative, a judge has said. Mrs Justice
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