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Sadiq Khan met with youth workers and medical professionals at King's College London. Picture: CYP Now

News 7 October 2022

Sadiq Khan announces £8m funding to embed youth workers in emergency departments

The funding will help provide support from specialist female and mental health caseworkers. Picture: AdobeStock/SeventyFour

News 6 October 2022

Charity receives £5m to support county lines victims

Educational psychologists say they do not have the time to properly fulfil their roles

News 6 October 2022

Therapy for under-fives reduces wider mental health problems in families, study finds

New legislation should include a requirement for employers to provide flexible working for young people with lifelong conditions. Picture: AdobeStock/Lenblr

News 6 October 2022

Legislation needed to improve opportunities for young people with lifelong conditions, say campaigners

The programme is designed to help disadvantaged children catch up. Picture: AdobeStock/Monkey Business

News 6 October 2022

Revamped tutoring scheme risks missing disadvantaged pupils, charity warns

Shadow children and early years minister Helen Hayes. Picture: Parliament UK

News 6 October 2022

Helen Hayes brands plans to relax childcare ratios 'nonsense'

Helen Hayes is shadow early years minister. Picture: Parliament UK

News 5 October 2022

Churn of DfE ministers ‘frustrating’ for sector, shadow minister says

School leavers from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to take jobs lacking in progression, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 5 October 2022

Mental health and cost-of-living crisis ‘double threat’ to young ethnic minority people

Children's homes run by profit-making providers are less likely to have high Ofsted ratings, analysis shows. Picture: AdobeStock/Alex Fedorenko

News 5 October 2022

Profit-making children’s homes offer ‘inferior service’, academics suggest

Supporting children to build resilience online may be more beneficial than protecting them from harmful content, research suggests. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 4 October 2022

Youth workers instrumental in building children’s 'digital resilience', study finds

Anne Longfield is now chair of the Commission on Young Lives. Picture: Commission on Young Lives

News 4 October 2022

Anne Longfield appointed to Bradford Children and Families Trust board

The Refugee Council says wrongly classing children as adults risks 'exposing them to exploitation and abuse'. Picture: AdobeStock/motortion

News 4 October 2022

Hundreds of asylum-seeking children initially classed as adults, report finds

Childnet finds that 10 per cent of UK teenagers have received sexual threats online. Picture: AdobeStock

News 4 October 2022

Childnet publishes guidance for supporting children facing online sexual harassment

The national DoL Court is based at the Royal Courts of Justice. Photo: Phil Adams

News 3 October 2022

Surge in applications to national deprivation of liberty court

The petition condemns the proposed relaxation of childcare ratios. Picture: AdobeStock

News 3 October 2022

Petition to reverse childcare ratios plan reaches 100,000 signatures