Private equity firms are “ripping off the taxpayer” in the children’s social care sector and making huge profits, Parliament has been told. Concerns were raised by peers in Westminster over
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A newborn baby cried “in distress” as her on-the-run parents refused help days before she was found dead in a shopping bag, a court has heard. Wealthy Constance Marten, 36,
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Councils need more support to help children in care reunite with their families, new research has warned, after it found funding constraints and struggles with recruitment and retention of staff
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A pub chef has been convicted of murdering his ex-partner after blaming her for their child being taken into care, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Darren Osment, 41, killed Claire
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A 15-year-old girl with a history of self-harming so extreme she has to be watched by four people is living in hospital because of the national shortage of secure accommodation.
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The operation of a scheme designed to transfer unaccompanied child asylum seekers from the care of one council to another has improved in recent months, a High Court judge says.
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The Chancellor has been urged to provide emergency funding to protect crucial services after it emerged the share of council budgets spent on protecting vulnerable children has ballooned, with allocations
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Children in care may be left without the right support unless town hall budgets are boosted in the autumn statement, councils have warned the Chancellor. The Local Government Association (LGA),
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More than 6,000 16 and 17-year-olds were homeless or at risk of homelessness in England in the year to March, according to figures obtained by the Children’s Commissioner. Dame Rachel
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The number of lone child asylum seekers in England has risen by almost a third in a year, according to the latest figures. There were 7,290 looked-after children as of
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