The true quality of activity to tackle child abuse and neglect across the country could be being obscured because of Ofsted’s blinkered approach to inspecting children’s services, local government leaders
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There is a problem of widening inequality which has left London feeling like a “different country” to the rest of the UK, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. The Most
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Common perceptions that poorer mothers and fathers are likely to be less involved in their children’s lives are unfounded, according to research. A new study argues that less well-off parents
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Experts involved in the Government’s troubled child sexual abuse inquiry will appear before MPs today while councils hold a summit looking at how to protect youngsters. The inquiry set up
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There are 2.9 million people aged 65 and over who feel they have no one to go to for help and support, a new Age UK survey finds. Of these,
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More than 40 centres which keep children in touch with separated parents have closed in the past 18 months following cuts in the legal aid budget, according to a new
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Ed Miliband has accused the coalition of failing people with mental health problems by making “false economies” in the NHS. Unveiling a report into the issue, the Labour leader said
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A social worker who was called a “Nazi” by a parking inspector embroiled in family court proceedings relating to his daughter has been criticised by a judge. Recorder Mary Lazarus
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Almost two out of five families with children are struggling to make ends meet and do not have enough money for a socially acceptable standard of living, according to a
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Detectives are investigating alleged injuries to three elderly residents of a care home that was shut after inspectors found it was “not safe”. Scotland Yard confirmed officers are working with
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