Long-term B&B use reaches decade-high; ex-DPP says professionals who fail to report child abuse should be prosecuted; and families cut back on healthy food due to cash shortage, all in the news today.
GP funding drops under coalition, research suggests; Ofsted chief calls for more help from private schools; and new resources developed for hospital child protection work, all in the news today.
Children's laureate criticises government failure to stop library closures; Labour outlines free childcare plans; and Welsh police have taken the DNA of 5,000 children, all in the news today.
Government proposals to charge for healthcare will have a damaging impact on the lives of migrant children, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Fears of "social breakdown" in coastal towns; children at risk of serious tooth decay; and dozens of children arrested each week by British Transport Police, all in the news today.
The Reading Agency awarded £1m of funding, Sheila Lock named as interim DCS at Norfolk Council, and police stop and search practice criticised by inspectorate, all in the news today.