MPs have expressed dismay at the decision to “tear up” a pledge to negotiate a deal allowing refugee children in Europe with UK family to come to Britain after Brexit.
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Nearly three-quarters of 14-year-olds in the UK who told a survey they had self-harmed were girls, according to a new study. The findings from a survey of more than 11,000
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Campaigners have hailed a “landmark ruling” after the High Court found that the Government acted unlawfully in setting a £1,012 fee for children to register as a British citizen. The
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A man has been sentenced to 15 years’ jail for causing the death of a three-year-old boy with suspected autism. Kayden McGuinness (pictured) suffered 15 bruises on his scalp and
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No further action will be taken by authorities over the death of a 13-year-old girl following a review by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). An inquest previously heard several opportunities
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A children’s charity has praised the Government for beginning the repatriation process of British orphans from Syria. Save The Children said the act was a “triumph of compassion in the
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The availability of secure accommodation for vulnerable children in England and Wales is in crisis, a senior judge has said. Lord Justice Baker said the “significant shortfall in the availability
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Child victims of domestic violence could become “collateral damage of Brexit” without action by the next Government, a charity has said. Action for Children said that research suggests one in
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A leading charity has described as “shocking” figures showing that councils spent more than £1 billion on temporary accommodation for homeless households in England in the past year. Shelter said
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In May 2019, the A Way Home Scotland Coalition were tasked with creating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathway for care leavers by the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action
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