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Care applications rise again

    News
  • Monday, October 12, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The number of applications for children to enter the care system in England is continuing to rise according to Cafcass, with the figures for September seven per cent up on the same period last year.

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

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  • Monday, September 14, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.

Care applications continue to soar

    News
  • Wednesday, August 12, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Numbers of court applications being made for children to be taken into care are continuing to soar, with latest figures showing a 14 per cent increase compared with last year.

Legal Update: Poverty as immigration control

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  • Monday, June 22, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the situation of vulnerable families with "no recourse to public funds", due to their immigration status.