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Deborah McMillan is former children's commissioner for Jersey

Opinion 23 March 2023

Artificial Intelligence – the new digital confidant

Disadvantaged parents will struggle to access expanded childcare provision, experts told the education select committee. Picture: Parliament.TV

News 22 March 2023

Disadvantaged families will struggle to access expanded funded childcare, MPs told

Josh MacAlister addresses the Lords Public Services Committee. Picture: Parliament.TV

News 22 March 2023

Josh MacAlister: Full funding required to ensure social care transformation is successful

Young people are often housed in unsuitable accommodation, the ombudsman warns. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 22 March 2023

Better partnerships needed between housing and children’s services, says ombudsman

Creative Youth Network is a registered charity based in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Picture: Creative Youth Network

News 22 March 2023

Support charity first to receive prestigious youth services award

A third of social workers were found to be supporting people in need using their own resources. Picture: Andreabzerova/Adobe Stock

News 21 March 2023

Social workers report caseload increase amid cost-of-living crisis

The Met Police must address failures in the protection of children, the Baroness Casey Review states. Picture: pxl.store/Adobe Stock

News 21 March 2023

Met Police condemned over child safeguarding failures

Josh MacAlister describes the government's standards as 'not good enough'. Picture: Frontline

News 20 March 2023

Josh MacAlister criticises unregulated accommodation plans

Alan Wood was appointed as commissioner for Solihull Council by DfE. Picture: Alan Wood

News 20 March 2023

Solihull Council ‘must develop three-year plan’ to improve children's services

Cornwall Council was visited by Ofsted. Picture: Nicole Kwiatkowski/Adobe Stock

Blogs 20 March 2023

Cornwall's New Year surprise

Will Snell is chief executive of the Fairness Foundation

Blogs 20 March 2023

Without proper investment, the government will drive the early years sector into the ground

Sarah Champion is former shadow women and equalities minister. Picture: Parliament TV

Blogs 20 March 2023

Tackling online grooming

Just one in six local authority protocols consider a child's gender, researchers find. Picture: Halfpoint/Adobe Stock

News 17 March 2023

Behaviour management approach ‘increases criminalisation of children in care’

Early years leaders urge government to work with the sector to implement childcare expansion. Picture: Halfpoint/Adobe Stock

News 16 March 2023

Budget 2023: Early years sector cautiously welcomes investment

The SEND summit will explore planned government reforms. Picture: Zinkevych/Adobe Stock

News 16 March 2023

SEND Summit to examine impact of reforms on practice