Parents of children with complex disabilities should be among the first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, a charity has said. In a letter to Health Secretary Jeane Freeman and Deputy
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Crisis in care – how children are being betrayed by the state. Ideally, no child should grow up in an institution. Yet there are 6,570 children currently growing up in
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The founder of Kids Company claims the former charity’s collapse was “inevitable” because it “became a victim of its own success” and lost funders following a news report of “unverified
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England football star Marcus Rashford vowed to keep campaigning to extend free school meals over the holidays after MPs voted against the measure. The Manchester United player told politicians to
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The Government has stripped out protections for lone child refugees from flagship immigration legislation that will end EU freedom-of-movement rules in the UK. MPs voted 327 votes to 264 –
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Peers have urged the Government to “do the decent thing” and automatically grant EU children in care settled status in the UK with the ending of free movement. Those behind
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Autistic people and their families have been left “completely stranded” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report which describes the impact as “devastating”. The National Autistic Society said the
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The health, wellbeing and life expectancy of people with a learning disability or autism is being damaged by the services and support they receive, a new report has warned. Some
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People with learning disabilities in Scotland are at significantly increased risk of premature death, according to a new study. Research by the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory (SLDO) has found youngsters
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An inquiry by MSPs has found a “troubling picture” for youth mental health services. MSPs on Holyrood’s Public Petitions Committee raised concerns about the evidence of young people who reported
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