Josh MacAlister has been reappointed as children’s minister in Andy Burnham’s government.
The decision means he will continue to lead implementation of the children’s social care reforms that he was the architect of, as the author of the 2021-22 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.
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English children’s homes are in crisis. Does Denmark hold the answers?
UK children’s minister Josh MacAlister has travelled to Copenhagen to see what can be learned from Danish system Read the full article in the Guardian
Child focused courts delivering a near 50% reduction in case timeliness
Child Focused Courts are seeing reductions of nearly 50% in the timeliness of cases moving from application receipt to final order according to the latest
High screen time can hurt children’s learning and language skills, study suggests
The effect of high screen time on children is as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, if not greater, a global study has found.