The country’s most senior family judge has expressed his concern at the lack of family court judgments being transcribed and published. The Telegraph reports that Sir James Munby, president of the family division, wants children separated from their parents in secret family court judgments to have access to information about the court’s decisions when they grow up.
The number of young people unemployed has dropped to its lowest rate since 2011, latest ONS figures show. The data for the three months up until January showed there are 912,000 16- to 24-year-olds out of work, a fall of 29,000 on the previous quarter. Overall, there are 2.33 million unemployed people in the UK, a drop of 63,000 over the three month period.
The Welsh Assembly has voted to give young people in foster care in Wales the right to stay in their placements beyond the age of 18, putting them on the same footing as counterparts in England and Scotland. The vote means that councils will need to fund fostered children in Wales to “stay put” in a placement if they want to. However, the Fostering Network has warned that councils need extra resources to deliver the policy.
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