Labour plans youth hubs to help stop knife crime ‘that is killing our children’
Labour would set up 90 new youth hubs to give teenagers the “best start in life” and to “stop the knife crime that is killing our children”, Yvette Cooper has
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Tag: Vulnerable Children
‘Terrible mistake’ to prioritise Eat Out to Help Out over children’s lockdown experience, inquiry told
Prioritising reopening theme parks and Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme over schools in the pandemic was a “terrible mistake” and played a huge part in children’s negative
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Cost of living crisis has resulted in children sleeping on floor amid ‘bed poverty’ – survey
The cost-of-living crisis has led to “bed poverty” where children in the UK end up sleeping on old mattresses on the floor because families are having to prioritise money for
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Most children in kinship care living with at least one grandparent, figures show
Children being cared for by relatives other than their parents is most common in the north-east of England, while grandparents feature in the majority of such arrangements across the country,
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Councils in England ‘wasting millions’ on special educational needs legal disputes
Councils in England have been accused of “wasting” millions of pounds in court disputes with parents and carers over disability and educational support for their children. A total of 11,052
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Support for care leavers welcomed but ‘sharp shift to early services needed’
Further support from the Government to help children leaving care has been welcomed but charities said more help is needed earlier otherwise “thousands more” children will end up in care.
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Vulnerable teenager’s death after drinking too much water ‘could have been prevented’
The death of a mentally ill teenager after he drank excessive amounts of water may have been prevented if his care and treatment had been delivered differently, an investigation has
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Retired social worker sentenced for historical cruelty against children in her care
A former “house mother” who abused children in her care in the 1960s and 1970s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Retired social worker Euphemia Ramsay, 76,
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Children experiencing homelessness too often invisible, expert warns amid record figures
Children experiencing homelessness are too often “invisible” and “overlooked”, an expert has said, as analysis showed stark differences in the picture across England when it comes to families in temporary
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Council ‘unable to meet’ duties to look after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
A local authority says it has been “forced” into a position of failing to meet its duties to look after children in its care amid a “wholly inadequate” national system
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