A children’s social care system that is supposed to protect vulnerable teenagers is unfit for purpose and frequently putting some children in greater danger, Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives warns
Anne Longfield, chair of the Commission on Young Lives and the former Children’s Commissioner for England, is today (Wednesday 29th December) publishing ‘Out of Harm’s Way: A new care system to protect vulnerable teenagers at risk of exploitation and crime’, the first report of a year-long series of reports into teenagers at risk...
Wednesday, 29 December 2021 00:01
Children whose parents smoke are four times as likely to take up smoking themselves
Top medical experts have warned that teens whose parents or caregivers smoked are four times as likely to have taken up smoking...
Tuesday, 28 December 2021 09:18
Policy paper - Identity document validation technology in the right to work and right to rent schemes, and DBS pre-employment checking
The Home Office and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) are working with DCMS as it develops proposals for new legislation...
Monday, 27 December 2021 10:40
£75 million boost to modernise UK fishing industry and level up coastal communities
Fishing communities across the UK will benefit from better infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and an investment in skills...
Monday, 27 December 2021 00:01
MaPS Chief Executive writes to Treasury Committee
Caroline Siarkiewicz, Chief Executive, has written to Mel Stride in relation to the Treasury Select Committee’s questions regarding the commissioning of debt advice services by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).
Sunday, 26 December 2021 20:53
Public urged to protect themselves from online sales scams
The public must be vigilant in protecting themselves from the threat of online scammers during the Boxing Day sales, the Government has urged today...
Sunday, 26 December 2021 00:01
Biggest visa boost for social care as Health and Care Visa scheme expanded
Thousands of additional care workers could be recruited to boost the adult social care workforce following temporary changes to the health and care visa to make social care workers...
Friday, 24 December 2021 15:36
Foreign Office condemns Iranian missile tests
A spokesman for the Foreign Office has said: “We condemn Iran’s use of ballistic missiles in a test launch confirmed to have been conducted today...
Friday, 24 December 2021 15:27
Despite ‘rampant’ poverty, ‘existential’ lack of funding impedes UNRWA's work
A long-term lack of funding for the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, now represents an “existential” threat...
Thursday, 23 December 2021 16:35
Government accepts JCVI advice on COVID-19 vaccination programme
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has accepted advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation...
Thursday, 23 December 2021 16:21