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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A council has launched a legal challenge against the Home Secretary, arguing it is being put under “wholly disproportionate strain” by looking after hundreds of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Kent County
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Outsourcing children’s care placements to private providers is associated with worse outcomes for young people, a study has suggested. Local authorities that rely most on outsourcing to for-profit providers for
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Hundreds of children in care have been left “isolated” after being moved so far away from their home that they are in a different nation of the UK, Parliament heard.
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A 15-year-old girl who is in council care has given birth after a High Court judge ruled that doctors could perform a caesarean section against her will. Mr Justice Poole
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The Welsh Government has formally apologised for the heartbreak caused by forced adoptions during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Deputy social services minister Julie Morgan made the apology in the
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Efforts must be made to stop children being placed in care far from their local communities, a charity has urged after data suggested many are ending up miles away. Children
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