Daily roundup: Residential care, child abuse and education support

Barnardo's has leant its support to calls for all looked-after children to be allowed to stay in a care placement until they are 21 if they wish to. It recommends the extension to children in residential care of the right to "stay put" until 21, which the government has committed to for fostered children. The charity has published a report on care leavers' experiences, which highlights the loneliness many feel when leaving care at 18, the Mirror reports.

A senior government adviser who was involved in drawing up the government’s policy on online pornography filters has been arrested on allegations relating to child abuse. The Guardian reports that Patrick Rock was arrested in February, the day after he resigned from his post as deputy director of No 10’s policy unit.

The life chances of young people in Suffolk are being damaged by the local authority’s failure to challenge and support struggling schools, according to Ofsted. A letter published today by the regulator is the result of an inspection of school support measures in Suffolk, which showed the council’s strategy to challenge and support schools is weak and that officials have been tardy in addressing poor leadership in council-run schools, reports the East Anglian Daily Times.

Charity Papyrus is concerned that cuts to child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) are leaving young people unable to access help. Over the Christmas period, there was a critical shortage of beds available to young people with acute mental health issues, the charity says. The charity has been pressing government to ensure that Camhs is fit for purpose and able to meet the needs of young people who may be at risk of suicide.?