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Decision, which follows lobbying by the food industry, prompts outrage among health campaignersMinisters are to delay the ban on junk food adverts targeting children until 2026, sparking outrage among health campaigners.Labour had vowed to implement ne…
Children’s commissioner joins Kyiv in asking DfE to create new qualification to cope with ‘immense upheaval’ of fleeing warThe children’s commissioner has joined Kyiv in lobbying the UK government to introduce a new GCSE in Ukrainian to help child refu…
Charities say more should be done to support girls who experience prolonged bleeding and severe menstrual painHeavy, prolonged periods and severe menstrual pain are linked with lower school attendance and poorer GCSE scores, according to new research.T…
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says reportSure Start children’s centres provided £2 of savings for every £1 in costs, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), prompting calls for t…
Threshold for top-up could be raised, opening door to government revisiting other unpopular benefits cutsKeir Starmer has announced a partial U-turn that would make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments, as government figures opened the doo…
Judge says it is not in best interests of children subject to ‘humiliating’ physical, emotional and verbal abuse to name coupleA primary school teacher smashed their adoptive children’s heads together, forced them to swallow soap and called one of them…
Adoption UK warns families at breaking point and funding cuts are ‘morally and economically nonsensical’A growing number of adopted children are at risk of returning to the care system as funding cuts and lack of support pushes England’s families into …
Baby charities’ report shows that high rates of stillbirth and neonatal death are not reducing quickly enoughA delay in improving NHS maternity care is costing the lives of hundreds of babies a year, analysis has shown.At least 2,500 fewer babies would…
Court rules that Charity Commission must rewrite parts of its 2022 inquiry report into charity’s collapseA watchdog report into Kids Company, the children’s charity set up by the late Camila Batmanghelidjh, was “irrational”, “unfair” and “one-sided” in…
New study found a drop in enjoyment, trust and feelings of safety after year 7 and a largely positive primary experienceOne in four pupils in England “disengage” when they move up to secondary school, with enjoyment, trust and a sense of feeling safe d…