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Thousands of migrant children are living in semi-independent accommodation. Picture: Iftikhar alam/Adobe Stock

News 16 November 2023

Increase in number of migrant children living in semi-independent accommodation

Children as young as 10 report being impacted by the cost of living. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 November 2023

Children as young as 10 have low wellbeing over living costs, charity warns

Young carers receive a lack of support and fall behind academically, according to the inquiry. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Khunatorn

News 14 November 2023

Inquiry finds children's life chances damaged by being a young carer

Lisa Lyons will take up the role in February. Picture: Oxfordshire County Council

News 13 November 2023

Oxfordshire County Council names new DCS

Foster carers and staff should be properly rewarded for the intense and difficult work they do, say experts. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 8 November 2023

Trauma experts call for end to profit making in foster care

An action plan in place that will be discussed by the council’s Cabinet in December. Picture posed by models: Adobe Stock

News 8 November 2023

Ombudsman criticises council for respite care failures

The report calls for more early support for families. Picture: JenkoAtaman

News 7 November 2023

Workforce pressures contribute to lack of joint early help for families, Ofsted finds

King Charles delivers his first State Opening of Parliament as monarch. Picture: Gov.uk

News 7 November 2023

King’s Speech 2023: Key points for children and young people and what was missed

Record numbers of young people have contacted councils for support with homelessness, research finds. Picture: Searching for Sartori/Adobe Stock

News 6 November 2023

Record number of young people seeking homelessness support

The funding is designed to give kinship carers greater support. Picture: AdobeStock/ Halpfpoint

News 3 November 2023

Charity to deliver government-funded national kinship care training

Councils warn that 'an acute rise in the costs of placing children in care mean in-year spending on children’s services is spiralling out of control'. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 2 November 2023

Children’s services spending ‘spiralling out of control’, councils warn

Too many care-experienced young people in Devon live in unsuitable accommodation, according to Ofsted

News 1 November 2023

Ofsted calls for action over council's care leaver accommodation crisis

A significant proportion of child protection plans cite HSB as a factor. Picture: Photographee EU Adobestock

News 31 October 2023

CYP Now webinar will explore effective responses to HSB in children

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visited Our GreenHut in Brixton which provides meals to children outside of school hours. Picture: Greater London Authority

News 30 October 2023

Mayor of London calls for action over child food poverty

The number of children in need has remained above 400,000 for each of the past two years. Picture: AdobeStock

News 26 October 2023

Children in need numbers fall but still higher than pre-pandemic levels