Many young carers are forced to choose between studying or caring due to unfair benefit rules, charity says. Picture: Neville Chadwick

Benefit rules locking 19,000 young carers out of financial help, charity warns

Social Care
A third of babies taken into care in the study had a parent with a learning difficulty. Picture: Morguefile

Third of parents at risk of having babies taken into care have learning difficulties, research finds

Social Care
New measures for how police conduct and report intimate searches are included in updated draft guidance. Picture: BrianJackson / AdobeStock

Children's services leaders question plans to refer child strip search cases

Social Care
The Labour Party's manifesto focuses on educational reforms for young people to give them better starts in life. Picture: Parliament UK

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Early Years
Project aims to help care leavers find a family home or house share. Picture: Martinan/AdobeStock

Project for adults with learning disabilities to be extended to care leavers

Social Care
Birmingham City Council had the second highest early years underspend at £4mn. Picture: Birmingham Council

‘At least' £70mn of early years funding being left unspent by councils

Early Years
Ella's Kitchen founder Paul Lindley will chair the Play Commission with Anne Longfield. Picture: Paul Lindley

Entrepreneur to lead commission on children's access to play

Health
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has launched the Conservatives' general election manifesto

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

Education
The plans would convert primary school classrooms which are empty due to falling school rolls and birth rates. Picture: Adobe Stock/Oksana Kuzmina

Labour pledges 3,300 new nurseries in existing primary schools

Early Years
De Souza wants every political party leader to hold a debate with children and young people. Picture: Children's Commissioner's for England

Commissioner calls for election campaign debates for children

Youth Work
The manifesto covers a range of areas related to children and young people's policy. Picture: Ed Davey/X

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Early Years
Inspectors have described work to help the resettlement of children in Wiltshire as 'outstanding'. Picture: Jon Le-Bon/Adobe Stock

Council’s youth justice service praised over substance abuse work

Youth Justice