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07/07/2025: ‘We have no support’: foster carers take employment rights fight to UK supreme court
Foster carers describe financial struggles and ‘lack of respect’ in ‘broken model’ propped up by benefit system
07/07/2025: Government faces battle over Send overhaul as campaigners voice fears
MPs and parents worry shake-up may abolish vital education, health and care plans that SEN children rely on
07/07/2025: Children should not be strip-searched or detained unless a last resort, say MPs
Parliamentary reports include harrowing testimonies from children in England and Wales about their treatment
07/07/2025: Police to collect ethnicity data for all cases of child sexual abuse
Requirement made as review finds ‘over-representation’ of Asian men among grooming gang suspects
06/07/2025: How Prevent is tackling young extremism 20 years after the 7/7 bombings
Over the last six years, 50% of referrals to the deradicalisation programme Prevent have been children under the age of 18, with 11 to 15-year-olds being the largest age group to get referred.
06/07/2025: Family hubs to open in every council in England
Family hubs offering parenting support and youth services will be rolled out across every local authority in England, the government has announced.
06/07/2025: People with learning disabilities meet 999 crews
Adults with learning disabilities have been encouraged to ask emergency services for help when they need it at a special event.
06/07/2025: ‘Widespread failings’ in Torbay SEND services
Significant concerns have been raised by inspectors over special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services in part of Devon.
06/07/2025: Nearly one in eight young women and girls have attempted suicide, figures show
Almost one in eight 16– to 24- year-old girls and women have attempted suicide, the most of any group, according to NHS figures.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
06/07/2025: Munro: children’s social care reforms ‘very likely to fail’ due to scale of change and lack of testing
Leading social work academic questions overhaul of child protection conference chair role and raises concerns about non-social work qualified staff taking on child in need cases
06/07/2025: Nearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firms
Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit.
03/07/2025: Campaigners warn over impact of benefit cuts to care leavers
Thousands of care leavers could be at risk of benefit cuts under the government’s watered down welfare reforms, according to campaigners.