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Data and evidence can help deliver better services for children and families. Picture: RawPixel.com/Adobe Stock

Features 25 June 2024

Five ways social care can build on the foundations of the last parliament

Greater support to help foster carers feel valued is needed, campaigners say. Picture: Kaikoro/Adobe Stock

News 24 June 2024

Prioritise foster care retention over recruitment drives, campaigners urge

Fiona Duncan led the Scottish care review which was launched in 2016. Picture: The Promise

News 21 June 2024

Scotland commits to refreshed six-year plan for care-experienced young people

Demand on children's services is increasing cost pressures, council leaders say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 20 June 2024

Half of councils could be bankrupt within five years, think-tank warns

Andy Elvin is chief executive of TACT. Picture: TACT

News 20 June 2024

Launch foster care recruitment campaign, next government urged amid placement shortage

High quality free school meals for all children should be offered as part of plans to eradicate child poverty, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 20 June 2024

Tackle child poverty to improve outcomes for children, youth charity leaders urge

Kent County Council cannot refuse responsibility for children arriving at Dover, a judge has ruled. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 19 June 2024

High Court ruling highlights flaws in migrant transfer scheme, council says

Rachael Wardell is also vice president of the ADCS for 2024/25. Picture: ADCS

News 18 June 2024

King’s Birthday Honours: Surrey DCS recognised for services to children’s social care

The football tournament brings care-experienced young people together every year. Picture: Warwickshire County Council

News 18 June 2024

West Midlands hosts care-experienced football tournament

Voters will take to the polls on 4 July. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 14 June 2024

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

News 13 June 2024

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for children’s social care

Many young carers are forced to choose between studying or caring due to unfair benefit rules, charity says. Picture: Neville Chadwick

News 13 June 2024

Benefit rules locking 19,000 young carers out of financial help, charity warns

A third of babies taken into care in the study had a parent with a learning difficulty. Picture: Morguefile

News 13 June 2024

Third of parents at risk of having babies taken into care have learning difficulties, research finds

New measures for how police conduct and report intimate searches are included in updated draft guidance. Picture: BrianJackson / AdobeStock

News 13 June 2024

Children's services leaders question plans to refer child strip search cases

The Labour Party's manifesto focuses on educational reforms for young people to give them better starts in life. Picture: Parliament UK

News 13 June 2024

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges