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July 31, 2020

Conservative MPs call on government to repatriate British families from Syrian camps

Four senior Conservative MPs have called on the UK Government to repatriate British families held in detention camps in northern Syria.
July 18, 2020

Children's Commissioner calls on government to make early years provision central after lockdown

A new report looks at the provision of early years services for children across the country, alongside a warning that many nurseries are at risk of closure, hitting the life chances of some of the most vulnerable children and holding back the economic recovery following lockdown.
July 17, 2020

Call to speed up rollout of video calls in prisons to ease lockdown anguish

At the start of the pandemic in late March, all social visits to prisons in England and Wales were halted.
July 16, 2020

Government to publish guidance ensuring patients and families are involved in DNR decisions

Matt Hancock has said that he will publish two documents to ensure patients and families understand how Do Not Resuscitate decisions are made in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.
June 5, 2020

Over a million more people face poverty by end of 2020, finds IPPR

Struggling families need the government to step in and boost their incomes, says the IPPR.
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 5, 2020

The two-child limit and Conservative contradictions

The two-child limit, which restricts child allowances in universal credit and tax credits to the first two children in a family, was introduced in April 2017.
May 5, 2020

Church of England calls on government to suspend the two-child limit

A survey of families affected by the two-child limit has found widespread evidence of hardship.
April 16, 2020

Call for urgent government action to keep babies and young children safe

In some areas, staff who would normally safeguard babies have been redeployed to repsond to the COVID-19 crisis.
March 28, 2020

Pandemic response falls short for families as child poverty rises, says CPAG

Child Poverty Action Group is calling for an extra £10 per week per child to be added to child benefit as the most effective way of getting support to families quickly.