Daily roundup 3 August: Mental health, Kids Company and judge criticism

An extra £143m is to be invested by the government into children’s mental health services in England this year. The BBC reports the funding is part of a £1.25bn package announced in March’s budget, but the money for 2015/16 is short of the £250m officials at the Department of Health expected to spend.


Children’s charity Kids Company is set to be relaunched under a different name, it has been claimed. The Times reports secret plans are being drawn up to downsize and rename the charity, which is subject an investigation by the Metropolitan Police into child abuse allegations.


A social worker’s report of a family court hearing was so riddled with jargon that it “might as well have been written in a foreign language”, a judge has said. The Daily Mail reports that although judge Jeremy Lea understood the report into a woman seeking to care for two children, it would probably have been baffling to the woman it was about. He said: “The parents and other litigants need to understand what is being said and why.”   


The government’s obesity strategy should have a greater focus on schools, according to NHS England’s medical director. The Telegraph reports Sir Bruce Keogh said that children have a role to play in “educating” their siblings and parents about the importance of a healthy diet.


Youth services in Reigate and Banstead could be cut in an effort to save £300,000 by Surrey County Council. The Surrey Mirror reports the council is proposing a shake-up of how youth services are run, with resources refocused on areas such as unemployment and high crime.


Under new measures to clamp down on illegal immigration, landlords will be expected to evict tenants who lose the right to live in England. The BBC reports the proposals will be included in the upcoming Immigration Bill.