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The number of children being placed for adoption has dropped. Picture: Brian Jackson/Adobe Stock

News 5 December 2019

Record number of children in care as adoption rates drop

Sarah Parker has resigned as head of children's services for Dorset Council

News 4 December 2019

Dorset's director of children's services resigns after just 11 months in role

Free childcare pledges could leave providers facing huge bills. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock

News 4 December 2019

General election: Tory early years pledge ‘would push childcare funding deficit to £800m’

The soap will focus on the effects of county lines gangs on teenagers. Picture: Lime Pictures

News 4 December 2019

Hollyoaks links up with the Children’s Society for county lines story

Improving youth mental health services is a top priority for young voters. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 3 December 2019

General election: Young voters more concerned by mental health and climate change than Brexit, expert says

Will, 10, described living in a B&B as "worse than a horror film". Picture: Shelter

News 3 December 2019

Child homelessness: 135,000 children without a permanent home this Christmas

Staff at Oakhill STC swapped places with council YOTs. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 3 December 2019

Youth offending teams swap jobs with Oakhill STC staff

Despite improving custody numbers, conditions in custody centres have declined, a report says Picture: Becky Nixon

News 2 December 2019

Number of children in custody drops by 73 per cent in a decade

Some youth bodies used the call for evidence as a chance to express frustrations about existing guidance. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 2 December 2019

Youth service guidance under scrutiny ahead of government review

The body takes over from the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC). Picture: Adobe Stock

News 2 December 2019

Social Work England replaces HCPC as regulator for social workers

Around 450 families have been left without childcare. Picture: Lucie Carlier

News 29 November 2019

‘Austerity and underfunding’ pushes nursery chain into liquidation

The group says listening to children's voices must be a priority. Picture: Barnardo's

News 29 November 2019

General election: Charities and youth organisations call on next government to 'put children first'

Blogs 29 November 2019

Muppets and manifestos

Blogs 29 November 2019

The Children Acts; tour de force not tour de France!

Blogs 29 November 2019

The link between homelessness and the early years