Too many young people in care are being “denied the opportunity to benefit” from programmes to ensure they have the right support network around them, a charity has said, despite
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Aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner have been found guilty of hiding the birth of their baby who was found dead in a Lidl shopping bag after a high-profile search,
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A baby girl found abandoned in a shopping bag in east London earlier this year has two siblings who were found in similar circumstances in 2017 and 2019, it can
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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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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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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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Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten has told jurors how she went up against “influential” family members with “connections in high places” as she fought for her children. Marten, 36, is on
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On-the-run mother Constance Marten has told jurors that she and her partner planned to pay someone to smuggle their baby daughter abroad. The aristocrat, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon
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Thousands of foster carers across England and Scotland will receive bouquets of daffodils in the lead-up to Mother’s Day to recognise the contribution they make to children’s lives. The flowers,
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An independent review has found council staff could not have predicted a 16-year-old girl they were tasked to look after would be murdered by her brother. The learning review, carried
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