More than twice as many children are waiting to be adopted as there are families willing to adopt, campaigners have warned. Figures from the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board
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Social services bosses at a Welsh council have come under fire from a High Court judge after two couples became embroiled in “nightmare” litigation when a woman changed her mind
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A judge has raised concern about a council’s handling of a case involving three children with links to Bermuda who have been in temporary foster care for more than 20
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Hundreds of children in care are being “marched back” to visit their abusive parents and a majority of foster families want to see the practice made illegal, research suggests. More
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Care leavers in full time education and living in their own council property will not be required to pay rent while they study as part of a new initiative. West
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Local authorities are unwittingly acting as “recruiting sergeants” for county lines drugs gangs by sending vulnerable children to live miles away from home, MPs have warned. An inquiry by the
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Parliament’s human rights committee has called for urgent change on the issue of sending mothers to prison, saying the needs of their children have been too often neglected. After taking
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Violent paramilitaries face losing their children to state care, Northern Ireland’s new chief constable has warned. Simon Byrne (pictured) said people engaged in shootings are unfit to have custody of
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Many parents looking after youngsters that have experienced trauma in their lives have faced violence from a child in their care, according to a poll. For many mothers and fathers,
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A “doctor” who managed a “chaotic” psychiatric care home before a teenager killed herself has admitted failing to give evidence to her inquest, in what is said to be a
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