Daily roundup 25 April: Kids Company, hunger, and suicide

The founder and former trustees of Kids Company face being banned from serving as company directors after the charity collapsed in 2015 amid allegations of serious financial mismanagement. Sky News reports that the government's Insolvency Service has written to lawyers acting for Kids Company's former board members - who include Alan Yentob, the ex-BBC creative director. It said the move is also thought to include Kids Company's founder Camila Batmanghelidjh.


Going hungry in the school holidays is a growing problem for up to three million UK children, MPs and peers have warned. The BBC reports that the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger said too many children have to survive on crisps and energy drinks when school kitchens are closed.


A television drama that is popular among young people has been accused of glamourising suicide. The Times reports that the producers of 13 Reasons Why have been criticised for overturning a convention not to focus on suicide methods to avoid copycat attempts. Ged Flynn, chief executive of suicide prevention charity Papyrus, said that its Facebook page and Twitter feed had picked up "considerable traffic" from teenagers and parents concerned about the drama's portrayal of suicide.


A 17-year-old boy has become the fifth young person to be killed by a knife in London this year. The Guardian reports that the teenager was found with multiple stab wounds by police at 1.25am on Sunday in a council estate in Battersea, south-west London, after reports of a disturbance. He was taken to a south London hospital where he was pronounced dead.


Children should be introduced to the world of work from the age of 11 as part of a skills revolution to make the best of post-Brexit Britain, a new report recommends. The Express reports that a report by the Policy North think-tank of entrepreneurs and businesspeople also says the government should also consider Singapore-type personal training budgets and an online "skills bank" to help all workers keep up with the modern economy through lifelong learning.