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Teachers are fearful that an increasing number of their pupils will go hungry this Christmas according to a poll by the Nation Education Union. 63%

Teenagers placed in an unregulated home in Birmingham have claimed residents were often short of food and sometimes not given bedding. Councils paid up to

The number of children in England identified by councils as having been abused for reasons associated with witchcraft has risen by a third in the

The number of children in foster care rose by 3 per cent in the year to 31 March 2019. At that date there were almost

A rise in family conflict and hardship is behind the heightened pressure on child protection services, according to a new survey of councillors responsible for

The Children’s Commissioners for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have called for “the full, direct and urgent incorporation of the UN Convention on the

There has been a worrying shortfall in the recruitment of salaried members to the District Bench this year, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced new cross-government support available to young people leaving the care system, together with £19 million of investment into programmes benefiting care

Technical schools in England have received millions of pounds in public funding but many are half full and get poorer results than other secondary schools,