The National Domestic Abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help since the lockdown, the charity Refuge says, after it received hundreds more calls last week compared to two weeks earlier. Furthermore, campaigners have warned that the restrictions could heighten domestic tensions and cut off escape routes.
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Hundreds of English schools still at risk from crumbling concrete
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Thousands of young people placed in council care more than 20 miles away from home, analysis shows
A third of children in council care in 2023 lived over 20 miles away from their local area, school and family – around 4,600 people in total.
£600m boost for social care next year announced in Budget
Councils’ available spending to grow by an estimated 3.2% in real terms in 2025-26, with authorities also given £250m to test new approaches in children’s
