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Hundreds of asylum-seeking children arrived in Dover earlier this year. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 23 November 2021

National Transfer Scheme becomes compulsory

More children risk being taken into care due to cuts to early help services, councils have warned. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 November 2021

Almost 100,000 children could be in care by 2025, councils warn

The DfE is proposing to reset the three-year inspection cycle for children's social care providers. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 November 2021

DfE launches consultation on children’s social care inspections

Many kinship carers often live in poverty and are older than other groups raising children, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 November 2021

Peer support services boost for kinship carers

Children from disadvantaged areas face greater cuts, the report warns. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 19 November 2021

Child vulnerability crisis sparked by decade of early help cuts, Lords warn

Seven in 10 children reported viewing harmful content during lockdown. Picture: NSPCC

News 19 November 2021

Surge in online child sexual exploitation over lockdown

Slough Council has said it 'needs to improve and fast'. Picture: Google Maps

News 18 November 2021

Slough Council vows to improve SEND services after damning report

LEYF offers an extra 15-hours of funded childcare to disadvantaged parents. Picture: LEYF

News 18 November 2021

Reform 30-hour childcare to support disadvantaged families, charity urges

There has been increase of adolescents entering care during the pandemic, figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 18 November 2021

Number of children in care at highest level on record, latest figures show

Local authorities are struggling to find placements following the ban in September. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 18 November 2021

Ban on unregulated accommodation ‘increasing pressure’ on local authorities

Herefordshire County Council has also published an improvement plan for children's services. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 November 2021

DfE gives £1.74m to struggling Herefordshire County Council

Violence between inmates at Cookham Wood YOI has risen significantly over two years. Picture: Peter Crane

News 17 November 2021

Violent incidents increase by 70 per cent at Cookham Wood YOI

One in five children in the UK are classed as obese, according to NHS figures. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 November 2021

NHS launches specialist clinics amid spike in childhood obesity

Bethia McNeil, current chief executive of the Centre for Youth Impact, will lead the combined charities. Picture: Centre for Youth Impact

News 17 November 2021

Centre for Youth Impact and YMCA George Williams College to merge

Local authorities can approve vaccines for children under a care order, a judge has ruled. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 16 November 2021

High Court gives councils go ahead to arrange Covid-19 and flu vaccines for children in care