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Sadiq Khan has announced the scheme to greater support care leavers to find training and work. Picture: City Hall

News 10 October 2023

Young care leavers offered half price bus travel in London

Heather Sandy is executive director of children’s services at Lincolnshire County Council. Picture: Lincolnshire County Council

Blogs 10 October 2023

Education: Everything, everywhere, all at once

LEYF runs its own chef academy. Picture: LEYF

Blogs 10 October 2023

Chefs to the rescue

Cooper: 'A generation is being failed, we must not fail them anymore.' Picture: UK Parliament

News 10 October 2023

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

Ruben, aged 12, is now home schooled after his school failed to understand his specific type of absence seizure, his mum says. Picture: Young Epilepsy

News 9 October 2023

Quarter of children’s epilepsy support plans not reviewed over last year, charity warns

St Helen's Borough Council is the latest to pass the motion. Picture: Terry Galloway/ Twitter

News 6 October 2023

More than 55 councils back protected characteristic campaign

The Department for Education says a one-week reduction in court proceeding duration could save £18.5m across all English councils. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 6 October 2023

Applications open for local authority pilot to reduce family court delays

Keir Starmer announced the pledge ahead of the Labour Party Conference. Picture: UK Parliament

News 6 October 2023

Sector raises questions over Starmer’s toothbrushing in schools pledge

The demographic of charity supporters is changing, the research finds. Picture: Rawpixel.com/AdobeStock

News 5 October 2023

Children’s charities facing long term supporter exodus, researchers find

Sara Sharif was found dead at her home in August last year

News 5 October 2023

Safeguarding review launches into death of Sara Sharif

Attainment in reading is recovering more slowly than in maths following the pandemic. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 5 October 2023

Pandemic attainment gap reducing faster in maths than reading, study finds

The annual conference is taking place in Manchester this week. Picture: The Conservative Party Flickr

News 4 October 2023

Conservative Party Conference 2023: Key discussions impacting children and young people

Financial pressures are leading families to miss appointments. Picture: andreaobzerova/Adobe Stock

News 4 October 2023

Cost-of-living crisis 'impacting children’s access to occupational therapy'

The roadmap aims to improve access to youth services for all young people. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 4 October 2023

Roadmap to improve youth services launches

Harker: 'The current patchwork of temporary support available to vulnerable children is doing more harm than good'. Picture: Nuffield FJO

News 3 October 2023

Government taskforce set up to tackle rise in DoL orders