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Tackling child poverty in Wales very difficult with Tories ‘cutting the legs from us’ – Health minister

By Rod Minchin, Reporter7th October 2021News Wales

Reducing child poverty in Wales will be very difficult if the Conservative government keeps cutting public spending, a Welsh Government minister has said. Health and social services minister Eluned Morgan

Social services praised after acting to remove vulnerable teenager found ‘covered in urine and faeces’

By Brian Farmer, Reporter7th October 2021News England

A teenager who had been subject to council child protection plans was taken from his mother’s care after social services staff were told that he had not changed his clothes

Charity calls for urgent action on deprivation to help tens of thousands of children in Scotland

By The Press Association4th October 2021News Scotland

Tens of thousands of children will have their lives “blighted by hardship and anxiety” without urgent action to tackle deprivation, a report has warned. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) Poverty

Judge told how teenager in ‘crisis situation’ costing council ‘staggering’ £45,000 a week

By Brian Farmer, Reporter27th September 2021News England

A judge has raised concern about a shortage of secure accommodation for troubled teenagers after being told that a council is spending £45,000 a week on the care of a

Three teenagers detained over murder of autistic 13-year-old lured to park before being stabbed

By Tess de la Mare, Reporter27th September 2021News England

Three “utterly cruel” schoolchildren who “lured” a 13-year-old boy to a park before stabbing him to death following a dispute on social media have been sentenced to custody in young

Two-thirds of disadvantaged pupils have fallen behind in pandemic, frontline workers report

By Jemma Crew, Reporter22nd September 2021News England

Two-thirds of disadvantaged children are believed to have fallen behind in their education during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey of more than 650 frontline workers. A growing mental

Review calls for more support and engagement with fathers to help safeguard vulnerable babies

By Jemma Crew, Reporter16th September 2021News England

Maternity and specialist support services must engage more with fathers to help prevent vulnerable babies being seriously injured or killed, a child safeguarding review has found. Insufficient attention to men

Care-experienced children have poorer health but inequalities not inevitable, Glasgow study suggests

By The Press Association15th September 2021Education & Training, News Scotland

Children who have gone through the care system in Scotland have poorer health and a higher rate of mortality compared to children in the general population, a medical report shows.

Some religious groups ‘catastrophically’ failed children in their care, says lawyer

By Catherine Wylie, Reporter2nd September 2021News England

A report on child protection in religious organisations and settings shows that some groups have “catastrophically” failed to protect youngsters in their care, a lawyer has said. The Independent Inquiry

‘Shocking failures’ to prevent and respond to child sex abuse found in dozens of religious organisations

By Catherine Wylie, Reporter2nd September 2021News England

The sexual abuse of children takes place in a broad range of religious settings, with some found to have no child protection policies in place, a report has found. Victim-blaming,

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Tackling child poverty in Wales very difficult with Tories ‘cutting the legs from us’ – Health minister

Social services praised after acting to remove vulnerable teenager found ‘covered in urine and faeces’

Charity calls for urgent action on deprivation to help tens of thousands of children in Scotland

Judge told how teenager in ‘crisis situation’ costing council ‘staggering’ £45,000 a week

Two-thirds of disadvantaged pupils have fallen behind in pandemic, frontline workers report

Care-experienced children have poorer health but inequalities not inevitable, Glasgow study suggests

Some religious groups ‘catastrophically’ failed children in their care, says lawyer

‘Shocking failures’ to prevent and respond to child sex abuse found in dozens of religious organisations

England’s hospitals within hours of running out of some PPE items – Matt Hancock

Minister admits ‘unacceptable’ rise in children subject to Deprivation of Liberty orders

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

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Tag: Vulnerable Children

Tackling child poverty in Wales very difficult with Tories ‘cutting the legs from us’ – Health minister

Social services praised after acting to remove vulnerable teenager found ‘covered in urine and faeces’

Charity calls for urgent action on deprivation to help tens of thousands of children in Scotland

Judge told how teenager in ‘crisis situation’ costing council ‘staggering’ £45,000 a week

Three teenagers detained over murder of autistic 13-year-old lured to park before being stabbed

Two-thirds of disadvantaged pupils have fallen behind in pandemic, frontline workers report

Review calls for more support and engagement with fathers to help safeguard vulnerable babies

Care-experienced children have poorer health but inequalities not inevitable, Glasgow study suggests

Some religious groups ‘catastrophically’ failed children in their care, says lawyer

‘Shocking failures’ to prevent and respond to child sex abuse found in dozens of religious organisations