UK governments must bear the majority of the blame for failing to halt “abusive” child migration schemes, an inquiry has found. Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry chairwoman Lady Smith (pictured) has
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Children being cared for by relatives other than their parents is most common in the north-east of England, while grandparents feature in the majority of such arrangements across the country,
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Further support from the Government to help children leaving care has been welcomed but charities said more help is needed earlier otherwise “thousands more” children will end up in care.
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The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was initially hampered by an unwillingness to acknowledge structural abuse, it has been told. Professor Kenneth Norrie (pictured), an expert in law from Strathclyde University,
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Children experiencing homelessness are too often “invisible” and “overlooked”, an expert has said, as analysis showed stark differences in the picture across England when it comes to families in temporary
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Young people referred to social care at any point in their childhood were twice as likely to fail English or maths GCSE than their peers, a charity said, in what
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A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged the children’s minister to demand better data on the use of restraints on young people in care with an aim of
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A man has been found guilty of killing his girlfriend’s father, who died three years after being attacked over a decision to take her son into care. Daniel Benitez (pictured),
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Ministers must “rocket boost” fostering to tackle a shortage of carers, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Dame Rachel de Souza suggested the Government could learn from its Homes
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Young people who have experienced care say they feel “shocked” and “angry” after the Welsh Government rejected their calls for a radical overhaul of the system. Dozens of care leavers,
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