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Cambridge City Council is one of 55 local authorities that voted to make care experience a protected characteristic. Picture: Alexey Fedorenko/Adobe Stock

Features 24 October 2023

Legal Update: Care – A protected characteristic?

The scheme is being rolled out further in the North East after a successful pilot. Picture: Newcastle City Council.

News 24 October 2023

Young care leavers in the North East to benefit from free travel

Carolyne Willow: 'Government must urgently revisit its decision-making around the care and protection of older children'. Picture: Article 39

News 24 October 2023

DfE shares report into deaths of children in care after legal battle

Private providers collectively reported making 19 per cent profit last year. Picture: cacaroot/Adobe Stock

News 23 October 2023

Largest private children’s placement providers make £300m in annual profit

The resources are designed to be short and engaging. Picture: BBC Teach.

News 19 October 2023

BBC Teach partners with Adoption UK to represent care experience in the classroom

Derren Hayes: "The average duration of care proceedings had crept up from the 26-week target to the mid-30s in early 2020, suggesting there is a fundamental system problem with delays"

Opinion 19 October 2023

Quicker care proceedings can give children certainty

Alison O’Sullivan, chair of National Children’s Bureau

Opinion 19 October 2023

Growing movement to protect care experience in law

Parents are facing more pressure to provide for their families amid the cost-of-living crisis. Picture: Adobe Stock/ kerkezz.

News 18 October 2023

More families using informal lenders amid high inflation

The John Lewis Partnership are working with care-experienced designers on Made With Care. Picture: The John Lewis Partnership.

News 18 October 2023

John Lewis Partnership launches range designed by care leavers

Pause works to support mothers who have previously had a child removed. Picture: Tanya Volkova/Adobe Stock

News 18 October 2023

Better support for ‘repeat removal’ families could reduce number of children in care, report finds

Become is calling for greater housing support for care leavers. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 18 October 2023

Homelessness among care leavers rises by a third over last five years

The tax relief is being put into place to allow care leavers to adjust to independent living. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Aksinia.

News 17 October 2023

Council confirms tax relief for care leavers

Sir Andrew McFarlane is president of the family court.

News 16 October 2023

Courts no longer responsible for oversight of unregistered DoL placements, new guidance states

Children's charities want more support for homeless teenagers. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Ирина Трухина.

News 12 October 2023

Charities question councils' treatment of teenagers presenting as homeless

Hull has been praised for its work around social worker recruitment and retention. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 12 October 2023

Government lifts Hull’s improvement notice