Janet Daby: ‘I very much believe in early intervention like keeping families together’

Janet Daby to hold children’s minister brief, DfE official confirms

Social Care
The programme is designed to connect family members. Picture: Adobe Stock

Councils share £30mn to help children in care build relationships with friends and family

Social Care
Researchers are calling for multi-agency guidance to be updated. Picture: Valerii Honcharuk/Adobe Stock

Funding, policy and training gaps 'leaving SEND children at risk of exploitation'

Social Care
Grimsby and Cleethopres were alongside Blackpool and Rochdale as the toughest places to live for young women. Picture: Adobe Stock/Wirestock

North East Lincolnshire ranked as toughest place for girls to grow up

Youth Work
King Charles III delivers his first King's Speech under a Labour government. Picture: Parliament TV

King’s Speech 2024: Children’s mental health and wellbeing central to proposed legislation

Social Care
King Charles III delivers his first King's Speech under a Labour government. Picture: BBC

King’s Speech 2024: Sector welcomes mental health and education support

Education
The cross-government unit will be based in the Cabinet Office. Picture: Adobe Stock

Government announces new child poverty unit

Children's Services
Violence at Feltham YOI soared last summer, inspectors found. Picture: HMI Prisons

Incidents of violence increase by more than 50% at Feltham YOI

Youth Justice
Yvette Stanley: 'The homes are still in the wrong places.' Picture: Ofsted

Ofsted figures highlight regional disparity in children’s home placements

Social Care
Children aged five, 11 and 19 have fallen further behind their peers, experts say. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Young children with SEND face ‘widest attainment gap on record’

Education
NHS trusts are calling for children's health and wellbeing to be considered more in national policy. Picture: Adobe Stock/ romul014

NHS trusts struggling to cope with demand for children's support, study finds

Health
Leicestershire County Council is among those to be rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. Picture: Leicestershire County Council

‘Outstanding’ council receives praise for child-centred social work

Social Care