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Following Beverley Hughes announcement last Tuesday that she will step down as an MP at the next General Election, Dawn Primarolo has been appointed as the new Children's Minister.Ms Primarolo was...
The Judicial Appointments Commission has published research findings concerning lawyers' misconceptions regarding applications for judicial office.One third of those who responded believe that they...
A quarter (25%) of families admit to arguing more because of the recession, new figures from Relate, the UK's largest provider of relationship counselling have revealed.The YouGov survey commissioned...
Women living in rural areas are suffering as much violence as those in towns and cities but are less likely to think that it is happening in their community according to new research launched today by...
The UK is heading for a crisis in foster care due to an impending rise in the shortage of foster carers, the Fostering Network charity has warned in a report showing two-thirds of foster carers are...
Children's Minister Beverley Hughes announced today that she will step down as an MP at the next General Election for "personal reasons" and she stressed it was unrelated to the Parliamentary expenses...
Cafcass practitioners' time is being absorbed by huge increases in paperwork driven by Cafcass' fear of further critical reports from Ofsted, according to Nagalro, professional association for court...
The lead Editorial in this week's Lancet medical journal makes an urgent call for a National Child Protection Commission to be set up in the UK.The call follows three contradictory decisions that have...
A new Legal Services Commission (LSC) claim form comes into use from today.The CLSPOA1 legal aid claim form replaces the CLSClaim 4 and CLSClaim 4A forms and is designed to streamline the claiming...
Swindon District Judge Byron Carron yesterday summonsed the Cafcass Chief Executive, Anthony Douglas, to explain the delays in preparing reports for three cases before him.According to The Times...