A £2bn funding gap in children’s social services must be rectified to deal with growing referrals related to domestic abuse, according to the Local Government Association.
Rotherham Council has “transformed” its children’s services since a report highlighted a series of child protection failings, an Ofsted inspection has said.
Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
A child was referred to local authority children's services every 49 seconds last year, the Local Government Association has said, with referrals totalling 646,120.
MPs are to scrutinise how affordable childcare could boost the economy, in response to concerns that lack of access to services is stopping parents from being able to work.
The Sutton Trust’s Conor Ryan considers the fallout from the resignations at the Social Mobility Commission and suggests where the policy agenda could go next.
CIPFA has called for urgent action on children’s social care as a survey out today revealed the duty has become the chief concern of upper tier council finance heads.
Nottinghamshire County Council has been found to be “vicariously liable” and will face damages for the physical and sexual abuse suffered by a woman while she was in foster care.
Only a tiny proportion of the extra £9.1bn allocated by the government for early years provision will reach the most disadvantaged children, a report for the Social Market Foundation has...
Parents working full time on the national living wage (NLW) are significantly short of the income needed to give children an acceptable minimum living standard, the Child Poverty Action Group has...
Children’s services are at breaking point with 75% of councils overspending to keep vital protections in place, Local Government Association research has revealed.
The Labour party has promised to extend 30 hours of free childcare per week to all two to four-year-olds, as part of their £5bn investment in childcare.
Government plans to extend free childcare to 30 hours for three and four year olds should be scrapped in favour of a cheaper targeted approach to help poorer families, according to the Localis think-...
