A major provider of food banks handed out emergency food parcels to 330,000 hungry children last year. The Mirror is among a range of outlets to report the Trussell Trust's findings that it handed out 913,138 food parcels in total last year, compared with 346,992 in 2012.
Children’s commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson has warned that the compulsory school-starting age is in danger of being lowered to two years old. According to The Guardian, a report by Atkinson’s office shows that many parents enrol their children in nurseries at a young age in a bid to win primary school places.
The manager of a struggling youth club in Bristol is using Banksy’s latest official artwork to save the centre from closure. The Independent reports that Dennis Stinchcombe prized the artwork off a wall with a crowbar and plans to sell the piece for thousands of pounds to protect the future of Broad Plain Boys Club.
Children suffering a mental health crisis are being refused access to NHS places of safety, such as a specialist mental hospital, because 35 per cent ban under-16s. According to the BBC, the Care Quality Commission found that 56 out of 161 facilities will not admit children under 16 years old.
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