Calls are continuing for an urgent review of advice and legal support for children, young people and families, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Kamena Dorling, Policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the new government's proposed policy and legislative agenda for children and young people.
Social services need to consider the immigration status of migrant children taken into care. Stewart MacLachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the option of applying for British citizenship.
Case name: GC v LD & Ors; Case number: [2009] EWHC 1942 (Fam); Judge: Justice Black; Location: High Court of Justice Family Division; Date: 24 July 2009
Case: Name R (TG) v London Borough of Lambeth; Case Number: [2011] EWCA Civ 526; Judges: Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Wilson and Lord Justice Toulson; Location: Court of Appeal
Long-term B&B use reaches decade-high; ex-DPP says professionals who fail to report child abuse should be prosecuted; and families cut back on healthy food due to cash shortage, all in the news today.
The government's policy of creating a "hostile environment" for migrants is having a damaging impact on children, argues Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Coram Children's Legal Centre's Awaz Raoof and Julie Latrille report on the findings of a study conducted by the NSPCC on the experiences of 11- and 12-year-olds on social networking sites.
Families planning to cut down on food to cover heating costs; 20 per cent rise in sexual offences against children; and 33,000 now affected by government benefit cap, all in the news today.
Sections 449-462 of the Education Act 1996 govern the law on "charging for school activities". This applies to all maintained schools, academies and local authorities.