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Covid-19’s impact on children’s contact with social workers will also be looked at. Picture: famveldman/Adobe Stock
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Covid inquiry turns attention to pandemic’s impact on children

Education
MacAlister: 'Not enough has changed' over the last two years. Picture: Frontline
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Sector leaders criticise lack of progress two years on from Care Review publication

Social Care
Investment in childcare could boost work opportunities for parents, the report finds. Picture: Micromonkey/Adobe Stock
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Early years business investment could boost economy, royal report finds

Early Years
The bill has been laid before parliament in Wales. Picture: Terry
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Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

Social Care
Research suggests that home-schooled children have reduced access to trusted adults. Picture: Gpointstudio/Adobe Stock
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Home schooling register could help protect children ‘kept away from wider society’

Education
Age assessments left young people feeling suicidal in some cases, researchers find. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Age checks harming refugee children’s mental health, study warns

Social Care
The document reveals the DfE's strategy to tackle profiteering in children's social care. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

Children's Services
Clive Betts has criticised DfE over its 'refusal to engage' in an inquiry into child-friendly town planning. Picture: Parliament UK
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MP slams DfE’s ‘lack of engagement’ during child-friendly town inquiry

Children's Services
The pilot in the North West has a focus on providing assessment, consultation and therapeutic support for children and families. Picture: Adobe Stock
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Pilot launches to improve adoption support

Social Care
Teenagers interviewed described the transition to adult services as 'scary'. Picture: karelnoppe/Adobe Stock
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Support for SEND children turning 18 is ‘profoundly inadequate’, report warns

Health
Under the proposals staff already qualified at level 3 would be able to assess colleagues. Picture: Micromonkey/Adobe Stock
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‘Fundamental concerns’ emerge over early years training changes

Early Years
Abuse also includes images voluntarily shared by young people being reshared without their knowledge or consent. Picture: Brian/Adobe Stock
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Warning over 'terrifying' increase in abuse linked to nude image sharing

Children's Services