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Derren Hayes: '“The Care Review offers an opportunity to rethink our approach to placement making – it is crucial for children and families the right solutions are found'

Opinion 26 January 2023

Children need prompt action on digital risks

Ian Dickson was a care experience campaigner and social worker.

Opinion 26 January 2023

Care experience campaigner leaves lasting legacy

Andrew Webb is chair of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies

Opinion 26 January 2023

Champion adoption amid a leadership vacuum

Wilsic Hall, in Doncaster, is one of two settings where failures have been recognised. Picture: Google Maps

News 25 January 2023

Ofsted apologises for failures over Doncaster children’s homes abuse scandal

Young people spend as many as 22 hours per day in cells during weekends, inspectors find. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 January 2023

Education of children in custody failing to improve post pandemic, inspectors find

The Gender Recognition Reform Bill would simplify administrative processes for transgender people in Scotland looking to legally change their gender. Picture: Ink drop/Adobe Stock

Features 25 January 2023

What is Scotland’s gender recognition reform bill, and why is Westminster blocking it?

Rachel de Souza has written to the Home Secretary. Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England

News 25 January 2023

Children’s commissioner urges Home Secretary to provide greater protection for migrant children

Young People's Action Group carried out peer-led surveys and workshops to find out young people's views on knife imagery. Picture: Young People's Action Group

News 25 January 2023

Stop posting photos of knives on social media, police told

Pebble Brook Primary School in Crewe is planning to take two-year-old children. Picture: Google Maps

News 24 January 2023

Council votes to allow primary school to accept two-year-olds

Children in foster care are generally less happy with their family life than other children, report finds. Picture: Freeograph/Adobe Stock

News 23 January 2023

Children in foster care worry more about family life, report finds

More than half the 136 asylum-seeking children reported missing from hotels over the past 18 months remain unaccounted for, according to an investigation. Photo: Nathan Clarke

News 23 January 2023

Sector’s ‘horror’ over reports of migrant children being trafficked from hotels

Nottinghamshire councillors pass the motion. Picture: Terry Galloway/Twitter

News 23 January 2023

More councils vote to prevent discrimination against care leavers

New initiative will offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds paid work placements in the environmental sector. Picture: Groundwork

News 20 January 2023

Career programme welcomes disadvantaged young people into environmental sector

Professor Alexis Jay, chair of the IICSA, presented evidence from the inquiry to the education select committee. Picture: Parliamentline.tv

News 20 January 2023

Government urged not to ‘pick and choose’ child sexual abuse inquiry recommendations

The IOPC has confirmed four police officers are being investigated. Picture: Brian Jackson/Adobe Stock

News 20 January 2023

Met Police officers investigated over arrest of strip-searched child