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Campaigners are calling for urgent reinvestment in youth services. Picture: YMCA England and Wales

News 17 December 2021

Youth services cuts exceed £1bn in a decade

Young people are often placed in secure children's homes more than 140 miles from home. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 December 2021

Less than half of welfare referrals to secure children’s homes result in placements, research warns

Covid-related absences are higher among disadvantaged children. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 December 2021

Covid absences for disadvantaged pupils raise catch-up concerns

Campaigners have called for unregulated settings to be banned for all children. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 16 December 2021

Campaigners criticise ‘vague and dehumanising' plans for unregulated care

The Children's Society have warned children could be targeted at transport hubs. Picture: The Children's Society

News 16 December 2021

Concern over increase in county lines grooming during pandemic

Concerns were raised over allegations made about staff at Oakhill STC. Picture: G4S

News 16 December 2021

Hundreds of children allege abuse by prison staff over last three years, charity finds

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was killed in June last year. Picture: West Midlands Police

News 16 December 2021

Support social workers in wake of child deaths, experts urge

Star Hobson was just 16 months old when she was killed. Picture: West Yorkshire Police

News 15 December 2021

Ministers urged to triple early intervention funding after child deaths

LGBTQ+ people are twice as likely to see content promoting self-harm and suicide, research warns. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 December 2021

Three in five LGBTQ+ young people abused online

Centrepoint has called for the government to create a youth homelessness strategy. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 December 2021

Youth homelessness up a quarter on pre-pandemic levels, Centrepoint reveals

Unregulated settings must register with Ofsted by autumn 2023, DfE says. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 December 2021

National standards for unregulated supported accommodation to come into force in 2023

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was killed in June last year. Picture: West Midlands Police

News 14 December 2021

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Education Secretary sets out expectations of joint inspection

Covid-19 cases have increased in nurseries. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 14 December 2021

Covid-19 cases in nurseries hit record high

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the pandemic had exacerbated absence rates. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 December 2021

Government launches education alliance to drive up school attendance

Rachel de Souza has said the investigation will focus on 10 local authority areas. Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England

News 13 December 2021

Children’s commissioner for England to launch investigation over children missing from education