Civil partnerships for opposite sex couples will begin today following Parliament’s October decision to extend civil partnerships from same sex couples only. Entering into a civil partnership will grant couples similar rights to married couples. Read more in Family Law Week.
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans
21st April 2026
The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and
100 staff to transfer as another children’s charity joins Coram network
2nd April 2026
Family Lives, registered as a charity in 1999 under the name Parentline Plus, joined the Coram Group today, with its 150 volunteers also transferring to
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
2nd April 2026
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Read the full article in the Guardian here.