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Kinship carers left without support after making snap decisions to prevent children entering care
19 OCT 2026
MPs urge Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on children’s smartphones
19 OCT 2026
Housing shortages hamper councils’ efforts to provide safe accommodation for domestic abuse survivors
19 OCT 2026
Costs of supporting children in care rise by £1bn a year, LGA analysis finds
19 OCT 2026
SRA consults on updating solicitor competence standards to reflect AI and technology
12 OCT 2026
Consumers turning to AI for relationship advice and divorce guidance, family lawyers report
12 OCT 2026
Law Society warns agentic AI is outpacing justice system safeguards
12 OCT 2026
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Kinship carers left without support after making snap decisions to prevent children entering care
Kinship carers left without support after making snap decisions to prevent children entering care
More than seven in 10 kinship carers had little or no time to prepare before taking responsibility for a relative’s or friend’s child, with many left without adequate support, according to new...
Article 19 OCT 2026
MPs urge Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on children’s smartphones
MPs urge Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on children’s smartphones
More than 100 MPs have called on Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on children’s smartphones without delay, amid concerns about rising levels of online child sexual abuse and...
Article 19 OCT 2026
Housing shortages hamper councils’ efforts to provide safe accommodation for domestic abuse survivors
Housing shortages hamper councils’ efforts to provide safe accommodation for domestic abuse survivors
Councils in England are receiving more than one request a day from victims and survivors of domestic abuse seeking safe accommodation, but shortages of suitable housing and financial pressures are...
Article 19 OCT 2026
Costs of supporting children in care rise by £1bn a year, LGA analysis finds
Costs of supporting children in care rise by £1bn a year, LGA analysis finds
Councils in England spent £9.5bn supporting children in care in 2025/26, an increase of almost a third in real terms since 2022/23, according to analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA).The...
Article 19 OCT 2026
The adaptive nature of coercive control: how domestic abuse and coercive control operate through family court and professional systems
The adaptive nature of coercive control: how domestic abuse and coercive control operate through family court and professional systems
Nicola Robson, University of ManchesterDr Elizabeth Dalgarno, Director and Founder of SHERA Research GroupIn England and Wales, coercive and controlling behaviour has been criminalised (Serious Crime...
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