The Home Office is effectively running “unregistered children’s homes”, a watchdog warned after figures revealed thousands of lone migrant children have been living in hotels after arriving in the UK.
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Courts are left with “no real choices” as to how to deal with vulnerable children in need of secure care placements because of an ongoing crisis in which there appears
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A teenager with complex needs was in hospital for several months because no place could be found in suitable regulated secure accommodation, judges have been told. The youngster, who is
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A catalogue of failings by a local authority contributed to the death of a vulnerable teenager, a coroner has found. Jade Hutchings (pictured), 18, attempted to take his own life
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The former Children’s Commissioner for England has spoken of “shocking” accounts from teachers that suicide attempts and self-harm are now “just part and parcel of everyday life in a school”.
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A vulnerable and severely asthmatic seven-year-old boy died in “horrendous” circumstances after he was failed by child protection agencies who “could and should have done better”, a serious case review
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A “significant humanitarian crisis with millions of children’s development blighted” is on the way if the Government does not act to prevent more than half of UK households plunging into
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A quarter of children referred for specialist help with mental health problems have either attempted or thought about suicide, new research has found. Researchers from the University of Stirling examined
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Councils will receive extra money to incentivise them to move lone migrant children out of hotels and into their care faster, the Government has said. Local authorities that move unaccompanied
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Nearly 38,000 vital follow-up appointments with mental health patients were missed at the time at which they were most at risk of suicide, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said.
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