Daily roundup 6 December: Post-traumatic stress, books, and temporary accommodation

Hundreds of mothers suffering from postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are undiagnosed in Wales every year, according to experts. The BBC reports that although the Birth Trauma Association estimates that 1,000 women every year in Wales will develop PTSD after birth, just 22 cases were recorded in the country last year based on figures provided following a Freedom of Information request.


One in eight disadvantaged children in the UK do not own a book, research has found. The Bookseller reports that a study by the National Literary Trust found that despite a "massive increase" in the proportion of children owning books since 2011, many children who receive free school meals do not.


More children are homeless or living in temporary accommodation than at any time since the 2007/08 financial crash, it has been claimed. The Guardian reports that housing charity Shelter said an estimated 128,000 children are facing such conditions, with 140 families becoming homeless every day.


Parents of summer-born children will be given the option of delaying when their children join reception, schools minister Nick Gibb has said. The Telegraph reports that the government intends to change the admissions code so that children born between 1 April and 31 August are able to start school a year later.


Westminster Council has announced that care leavers will not be required to pay council tax. The local authority said it is granting a 100 per cent council tax discount for Westminster Care Leavers for a period of three years.