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May 19, 2020

Charities raise alarm over funding crisis facing children's social care

Councils can now only afford to get involved when children have reached crisis point and need costly interventions, like being taken into care.
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.
May 2, 2020

Family of Errol Graham issues legal claim against the DWP

The family of Errol Graham, who died after his benefits were stopped, are challenging the DWP’s policy for terminating benefits.
April 4, 2020

IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read the World to support children and young people in isolation

Much-loved children’s authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 25, 2020

Children’s charities issue joint statement on coronavirus emergency

Charities ask the government to guarantee that no child is left without a safety net.
March 22, 2020

Thousands of disabled people could be left without support by Coronavirus Bill

Disabled people and carers are very concerned about the impact of the proposed Coronavirus Bill on their lives.
March 13, 2020

Call for inquiry into benefits-related deaths

Mental health organisations are calling for an independent inquiry into the deaths of vulnerable people who rely on support from the social security system.
March 2, 2020

More needs to be done to protect problem gamblers, says NAO

The Gambling Commisssion is unlikely to be fully effective in regulating a challenging and fast-changing industry within the current system, says the National Audit Office.
February 19, 2020

Young Offender Institution 'insufficiently good' in all four healthy prison tests

Cookham Wood Young Offenders' Institution in Kent holds up to 188 boys aged between 15 and 18.
February 15, 2020

Universal Credit steamrolls vulnerable people into poverty, says Salvation Army

The Salvation Army says millions of people could be 'steamrolled' into poverty if they are transferred to Universal Credit.