Young people are more likely to perform worse at school and be involved in crime due to “austerity-induced” youth club ...

Prison inspectors have raised concerns about a doubling in the proportion of children in young offender institutions (YOI) ...

Organisations supporting children and young people are among hundreds of recipients recognised by King Charles for their ...

Legal firms are backing a charity’s call for an urgent review of the use of hair strand testing in decisions about the care ...

Nurseries are facing closure or having to increase fees for families amid rises in employer national insurance contributions ...

The first details of a £185 million National Youth Strategy, which includes the winding down of the National Citizen Service ...

A very welcome recent report on adoption practice from a group set up by the most senior judge in the family court, says ...

One in three children in residential or semi-independent homes are being placed more than 20 miles from their local area and ...

Leaders of the National Citizen Service (NCS), David Cameron’s flagship youth offer, have said they are “sad and disappointed ...

The adoption system should move away from an “outdated” model of letterbox contact with birth families towards face-to-face ...

Hackney Council will no longer fight a legal challenge over its consultation on plans to close two children’s centres in the ...

Susannah Hancock is to undertake an independent review into the placement of girls in the children and young people’s secure ...