Councils are failing to effectively commission young people's services by ignoring charities and other providers and not collaborating with each other, inspectors warned today.
Primary school pupils should be given career advice and encouraged to plan for university, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes has recommended.
More public funding should be focused on children from deprived backgrounds to prevent costly social problems later on, according to a government commissioned review published today.
Teachers across England and Wales are to strike at the end of the month after backing plans to take industrial action over proposed changes to public sector pensions.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that the government’s Winter Fuel Payment to pensioners is almost 14 times more likely to be spent on heating than on anything else – even though there is...
Directors of children's services have called for the government to clarify the future of their role, in light of the Baby P Appeal Court case and many council'’ plans to merge the post with others
Local authorities should be allowed more freedom to develop their own child protection services and let social workers decide what is best for children, according to a major review published today.
Social workers have paid too little attention to children's views and to adults with potentially useful information on abuses, an Ofsted report on serious case reviews has found
After addressing the CIPFA international conference in London, the former US comptroller general and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative talks to Public Finance about: fiscal...
Government proposals to radically reform services for young people with special educational needs have been welcomed by children’s charities but have alarmed teaching unions.
Almost a third of eligible children are missing out on free school meals because of the stigma associated with claiming them, Welsh Assembly members said today.
The government is considering a trial suspension of some statutory child protection procedures at five councils, following an official report criticising the amount of bureaucracy facing social...
Hundreds of Sure Start children's centres are at risk of closing within the year, while thousands will have to cut back on staff and services, children's campaigners are warning
