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child protection

October 16, 2020

LGA calls for reversal of cuts to early intervention funding for children’s services

Government has reduced the Early Intervention Grant by almost two-thirds, from £2.8 billion in 2010/11 to £1.1 billion in 2018/19.
October 14, 2020

UN experts condemn failure to repatriate families from Syrian camps

Richard Barrett, a former director of global counter-terrorism at MI6 has advocated strongly for bringing British families back to the UK.
May 3, 2020

Call to mobilise youth workers as part of lockdown exit strategy

A new report highlights the need to support young people who may be at risk but out of sight during the lockdown.
February 25, 2020

More council funding needed 'to prevent children reaching crisis-point'

A sharp rise in need for urgent child protection services has coincided with reductions in central government funding for councils.
December 21, 2019

Governments urged to reduce support for orphanages and help families instead

It is estimated that around 80 per cent of children in orphanages live there because families are too poor to provide for them.
October 15, 2019

European States urged to improve protection and support of child refugees and migrants

Child refugees and migrants continue to face risks and hardship once in Europe, including unsafe accommodation, being incorrectly registered as adults, and a lack of appropriate care, says the UN Refugee Agency.
September 6, 2019

Immigrant children being denied protection in France

Unaccompanied children arriving in France’s Alpine region undergo flawed age assessments that deny many access to needed protection, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
September 3, 2019

Children's cuts could cost election, say Conservative councillors

Around six in 10 Conservative councillors said police, health services and schools had been put under extra pressure by reduced spending on children’s services.
July 26, 2019

Children released from armed groups in South Sudan

The children were formally separated from the armed group during a ceremony in Leer, witnessed by parents and community members.
July 3, 2019

One in three councils fear funding for legal duties will run out within three years

Between 2010 and 2020, councils will have lost 60p out of every £1 they had from central government to run local services.