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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...

19 OCT 2026

MPs urge Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on...

19 OCT 2026

Housing shortages hamper councils’ efforts to provide safe accommodation...

19 OCT 2026

Costs of supporting children in care rise by £1bn a year, LGA analysis...

19 OCT 2026

SRA consults on updating solicitor competence standards to reflect AI and...

12 OCT 2026

Consumers turning to AI for relationship advice and divorce guidance,...

12 OCT 2026

Law Society warns agentic AI is outpacing justice system safeguards

12 OCT 2026

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Rebecca Alexander is an Associate at Family Law in Partnership

David Burrows is a solicitor advocate, trainer and writer; a founder contributor to Family Court Practice; consultant with Heaney Watson, solicitors; the author of Evidence in Family Proceedings (Family Law, 2016). He is a New Law Journal columnist and regular contributor to Family Law and other publications.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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