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DfE is being urged to respond to the Care Review before the end of the year. Picture: Adobe Stock

28 October 2022

Lords push government to publish Care Review implementation plan

Emily Harle Social Care

Early years experts have welcomed the debate. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock

28 October 2022

Relaxation of childcare ratios to be debated in parliament

Emily Harle Early Years

Robert Halfon is chair of the education select committee. Picture: Parliament UK

27 October 2022

Robert Halfon and Nick Gibb return to DfE

Fiona Simpson Education

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

27 October 2022

Teacher-led tutoring favoured by schools, Ofsted finds

Amber Middleton Education

A new cabinet position should be created, sector leaders say. Picture: Adobe Stock

27 October 2022

Sunak urged to appoint cabinet minister for children

Amber Middleton Social Care

Manchester City Council is the latest to pass a motion recognising care experience as a protected characteristic. Picture: AdobeStock

27 October 2022

Manchester launches legacy fund for youth services

Fiona Simpson Youth Work

The grant will go towards supporting employment opportunities for young people from the GRT communities. Picture: Youth Futures Foundation

27 October 2022

Funding to improve employment support for GRT young people

Fiona Simpson Youth Work

27 October 2022

In the latest edition of CYP Now: Child-friendly town planning, cost-of-living support, youth offending special

Cyp Now Children's Services

One grandmother says she is struggling to afford food. Picture: Adobe Stock

26 October 2022

Charity demands urgent cost-of-living support for kinship carers

Amber Middleton Social Care

Care charity Become is calling for a care system which provides a smoother transition into adulthood for care-leavers. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

26 October 2022

National Care Leavers Week: Increase support for children leaving care, campaigners urge

Emily Harle Social Care

London's Tower Hamlets has the highest rates of child food poverty, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

26 October 2022

Report lays out ‘heart-breaking’ extent of child food poverty in London

Amber Middleton Social Care

Campaigners have called for the safeguarding report to be published. Picture: Smolaw11/Adobe Stock

26 October 2022

Criticism as ICO backs government refusal to publish safeguarding review

Emily Harle Social Care

Wilsic Hall, near Doncaster, is one of three settings included in the investigation. Picture: Google Maps

26 October 2022

Review finds ‘serious abuse and neglect’ at three residential children’s homes

Amber Middleton Health

Experts warned MPs that early years recruitment has become increasingly difficult. Picture: Kraken Images/Adobe Stock

25 October 2022

Childcare experts urge MPs to address recruitment crisis

Emily Harle Early Years

Inequalities were found to be a key barrier in access to mental health services by the CQC. Picture: Prostock-studio/Adobe Stock

25 October 2022

CQC highlights concerns over young people’s mental health services

Emily Harle Health