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Children's services in Bristol have been rated as ‘good' in the latest independent inspection by Ofsted, published yesterday.
Bristol is the first large city in England and Wales to receive a ‘good'...
A teenage Jehovah's Witness who was crushed in a car accident has died after refusing a blood transfusion in hospital.
The schoolboy, aged 15, was airlifted to hospital from the incident in...
Cafcass has opened a specially designed office in Chesterfield to provide improved opportunities for interviewing families, family mediation and contact.Anthony Douglas, Cafcass Chief Executive said:...
Figures released today by Cafcass show that care applications remain at record levels.
There were 832 care applications in March 2010, the highest care demand figure ever recorded for a single month...
In his first official speech as Deputy Prime Minister today, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg announced the Government's plans to scrap the controversial children's database ContactPoint....
The US Supreme court has ruled that a British father seeking the return of his son who was taken by the child's mother from Chile to Texas, has a right of custody under the Hague Convention on the...
The Law Society has warned that delayed legal aid payments from the Legal Services Commission (LSC) are hitting solicitors and their banks again.
Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson has...
Fostering in England and Wales is under increasing pressure due to the unprecedented rise in numbers of children needing foster care and the shortage of 10,000 foster carers, according to the...
Divorce rates are lower in families where husbands help more with housework, shopping and childcare, according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
A study of...
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has changed its name to the Department for Education following the new Government taking office on 11 May.
Conservative MP Michael Gove...