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More young people are being treated for eating disorders, figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock

19 August 2021

Record number of children waiting for eating disorder treatment

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Family Hubs will offer services including childcare and early help. Picture: Adobe Stock

19 August 2021

Family Hubs scheme receives £20m boost

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Josh MacAlister has called for support for families, residential care and mental health. Picture: Frontline

19 August 2021

Care Review: Critics claim Case for Change ‘misrepresents’ key legislation

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Keir Starmer meets young people in Wolverhampton. Picture: Keir Starmer/Twitter

19 August 2021

Labour: Decade of youth work cuts to blame for increase in violent crime

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Charities including Mind and Together Trust have backed the judicial review. Picture: Adobe Stock

18 August 2021

Green light for judicial review on unregulated accommodation

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Croydon Council faced a £66m funding shortfall last year. Picture: Adobe Stock

18 August 2021

Croydon set to stop accepting asylum-seeking children over £2.3m funding gap

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Parents say without the uplift they would struggle to feed their families. Picture: Adobe Stock

18 August 2021

Universal Credit: Charities campaign to maintain £20 uplift

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The youth zone will offer activities including music, sport and crafts. Picture: OnSide

18 August 2021

Barnsley gives go-ahead to Yorkshire’s first Onside youth zone

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More than 200,000 children and young people in the UK are in kinship care, according to the charity Kinship. Picture: Adobe Stock

17 August 2021

Young people in kinship care launch lobbying group

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A record number of job vacancies became available over the three months to July, new data shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

17 August 2021

Youth unemployment begins to fall as Covid-19 restrictions lift

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Some social workers said they felt high workloads meant they were unable to take part in the Care Review. Picture: Adobe Stock

17 August 2021

Social workers and families cannot 'meaningfully contribute’ to Care Review, responses warn

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Children with SEND should not be isolated in 'removal rooms', unions say. Picture: Adobe Stock

17 August 2021

Teaching unions warn over impact of behaviour crackdown on children with SEND

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The Sure Start scheme improved children's health in their teenage years, new analysis shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

16 August 2021

Sure Start: Major research reveals long-term health benefits of programme

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More must be done to tackle childhood obesity, councils have said. Picture: Adobe Stock

16 August 2021

Councils call for anti-obesity funding amid spike in children with type 2 diabetes

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Children's home providers have hit out at calls to reform the 'market'. Picture: Adobe Stock/posed by models

16 August 2021

Sector split over Care Review’s comments on residential care

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