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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are the preferred platforms for those who prey on vulnerable people, says attorney generalMark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, is being asked to respond to the “extraordinary” number of cases in whi…
Minority ethnic newborns risk late diagnosis and poorer health as guidance was developed for white European babies in 1952Tests to assess newborn babies’ health are not effective for non-white children and should be replaced, according to the NHS Race …
Charity urges government to act amid fears mental health of young people ‘is at breaking point’Play campaigners are calling for urgent action at the highest level of government in the UK reduce the danger children face from traffic on residential roads…
Exclusive: Data shows policy, deepening poverty among low-income families, affects about 1.5 million children Labour has come under fresh pressure to vow to scrap the two-child benefit cap after it emerged one in four children in some of England and Wa…
Children’s charities call for a ‘baby and toddler guarantee’ to help parents struggling with cost of living during summer holidaysCelebrities including the tennis player Andy Murray, the actor David Harewood and the singer-songwriter Rita Ora have join…
Child safety minister Craig Crawford says frontline staff, experts and advocates will inform reviewFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe residential care s…
Shocking figures gathered by the Observer show social care provision is dictated by money, not needNew children’s care homes are being disproportionately placed in cheaper and more deprived parts of England, according to an Observer investigation. .Ove…
Government’s ‘largest ever’ investment in wraparound childcare fails to see what it takes to keep doors openUK politics live – latest updatesA £204m fund described by the government as the biggest investment in childcare ever “grossly underestimates” w…
Labour leader will argue against snobbery of ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ education, saying young people need bothBritain needs to shatter its snobbish “class ceiling” that prevents children from getting ahead, Keir Starmer is to argue in a speech setti…
‘These kids have already been let down by all of the adults in their lives,’ Youth Advocacy Centre saysFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland gov…