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Children are being left in limbo so long that they are at risk of harm, social workers warnLone child asylum seekers are facing fivefold increases in delays in having their claims processed by the Home Office, with devastating consequences, according t…
Speaking at launch of UK’s ‘first museum created with and for young people’, Tristram Hunt said it could help fill gapA “horrible disparity” is opening between state and private schools in the provision of creative education, the director of the V&…
Court of appeal overrules decision to exclude man who allegedly conceived the boy with his niece through rapeA father without parental responsibility who has been charged with two counts of rape – and amid an allegation his son was conceived of rape – …
Referral unit providers warn of overwhelming demand from unprecedented poor behaviour after pandemic lullReferral units for children who have been excluded from mainstream schools are warning that they are full to bursting because of unprecedented leve…
Average height of boys and girls aged five has slipped due to poor diet and NHS cuts, experts sayBritish children who grew up during the years of austerity are shorter than their peers in Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania, a study has found.In 1985, B…
Campaigners say bill in ‘serious peril’ of passing without powers to make platforms more transparentOnline safety experts will struggle to sound the alarm about harmful content if landmark legislation does not allow independent researchers to access da…
Carla Scott sentenced to 27 years for manslaughter and Dirk Howell jailed for at least 32 years for boy’s murderA mother has been jailed for 27 years for the manslaughter of her nine-year-old son, Alfie Steele, who was repeatedly beaten and held down i…
Despite progress achieved in the EU over the years, trafficking in human beings remains a persistent, and high-profit crime.
More than 62% of fathers would take more time off after births if statutory pay rate was increased, poll findsAlmost a third of fathers took no paternity leave after the birth of their child, as a result of the UK’s “measly” paternity leave rights, acc…
Children’s books featuring protagonists with ADHD or autism are going to the highest bidderChildren’s books that feature neurodiverse main characters are the latest publishing trend, experts have said.Publishers, which were previously reluctant to appr…