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Study finds that LGBTQ+ young people can experience rejection and discrimination within the care system, due to their identity. Picture: Adobe Stock/Martaklos

6 December 2022

Care system fails to meet needs of LGBTQ+ young people, research warns

Emily Harle Social Care

Researchers have put forward plans for a universal childcare guarantee. Picture: AdobeStock/Lordn

6 December 2022

Universal free childcare could boost UK economy by £13bn per year, says report

Fiona Simpson Early Years

Campaigners have desribed the proposals as a 'travesty' for the sector. Picture: Adobe Stock

6 December 2022

Campaigners slam proposed quality standards for supported accommodation

Emily Harle Social Care

More than half of care-experienced young people said they would like care experience to be a protected characteristic. Picture: Adobe Stock/Martinan

5 December 2022

Young people back calls to make care-experience a protected characteristic

Emily Harle Social Care

Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, visits a LEFY nursery in London. Picture: London Early Years Foundation (LEYF).

5 December 2022

Nursery group secures funding to double free childcare hours for vulnerable children

Nicole Weinstein Early Years

Rishi Sunak has been urged to create the EHE register. Picture: Parliament UK

5 December 2022

Rishi Sunak pressed to bring forward register of home-schooled children

Emily Harle Education

The government banned unregulated accommodation for under-16s in September last year. Picture: AdobeStock

5 December 2022

DfE launches consultation on quality standards for unregulated supported accommodation

Fiona Simpson Social Care

Children excluded from school are more likely to carry a knife, research cited by London's VRU shows. Picture: AdobeStock/Mihail

2 December 2022

London VRU forms partnership to tackle school exclusions

Fiona Simpson Youth Justice

NHS Digital finds that a quarter of young people aged 17-19 in England may have a mental health problem. Picture: Adobe Stock/Monkey Business

1 December 2022

In numbers: Spike in children with suspected mental health issues

Emily Harle Health

The employment tribunal took place in Bradford. Picture: AdobeStock

1 December 2022

Attacked children's home worker wins constructive dismissal case

Joe Lepper Social Care

Pupils who felt 'connected' to schools during lockdown saw a small decrease in wellbeing, reseachers say. Picture: AdobeStock/Mediteraneo

1 December 2022

Third UK lockdown had ‘biggest negative impact’ on children’s mental health

Joe Lepper Education

Thousands of settings have closed in a year, Ofsted finds. Picture: AdobeStock

1 December 2022

Early years providers slam government ‘failure’ over thousands of setting closures

Fiona Simpson Early Years

The board was set up to oversee implementation of the government's adoption strategy. Picture: AdobeStock

1 December 2022

Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board set to close

Fiona Simpson Social Care

The SEND review was published in March. Picture: Adobe Stock

30 November 2022

Concerns raised as government delays SEND review plan until 2023

Joe Lepper Early Years

The proportion of care-experiened students has increased over the last 14 years. Picture: Adobe Stock

30 November 2022

Care-experienced children miss out on university advice, survey reveals

Joe Lepper Education