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Hundreds of vulnerable kids languished in inadequate homes costing taxpayers £2m a week

A Mirror investigation found more than £100m of taxpayers’ money could have been spent on places at children’s homes given the lowest possible rating given by Ofsted inspectors last year

Daily Mirror

Disruptive behaviour leaves excluded pupils’ units in England ‘full to bursting’

Referral unit providers warn of overwhelming demand from unprecedented poor behaviour after pandemic lull

The Guardian - UK

Government U-turns on crackdown to stop repeat of £100m apprenticeship rip-off

Exclusive: Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon previously described use of taxpayer funds for university courses for top earners as ‘gaming the system’

The Independent UK

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Keir Starmer says ban on caning school kids shows violence against women can be stopped

The Labour leader made a speech unveiling the party's plans to tackle crime. Policing has come under intense scrutiny this week following a damning report that found homophobic, racist and sexist culture within the Metropolitan Police

Daily Mirror

Social media firms 'must be made to pay for kids' mental health services' say experts

There were 734,000 children referred to the NHS’s mental health services last year - an enormous 84% increase from 2018-19. Experts want social media companies, 'who contribute to the problem', to help fund services and tackle waiting times

Daily Mirror

Lemn Sissay accuses children’s commissioner for England of failing children in care

Poet and broadcaster says Rachel de Souza should be pushing ministers to do much more

The Guardian - UK

Awaab Ishak: housing complaints ignored due to prejudice, says ex-children’s commissioner

An inquest into the death of Awaab Ishak prompted an outcry this week after it found he died from a respiratory condition caused by mould

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Social housing complaints 'ignored due to prejudice', says ex-children's commissioner

The comments from Anne Longfield come after an inquest into the death of Awaab Ishak prompted an outcry after it found he died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould

Daily Mirror

Housing complaints ignored due to prejudice, says ex-children’s commissioner

An inquest into the death of Awaab Ishak prompted an outcry this week after it found he died from a respiratory condition caused by mould.

The Independent UK

Former children’s commissioner warns of prejudice against social housing tenants after Awaab Ishak’s death

Anne Longfield said case should be a ‘defining moment’ for Britain

The Independent UK

Primary school pupils running drugs 'now the norm' as county lines gangs target younger children

Former children's commissioner warns of a crisis putting hundreds of thousands of children in England at risk of violence

Manchester Evening News

Primary school children running drugs for gangs has ‘become the norm’

Anne Longfield, head of the Commission on Young Lives, urged the Government to treat the exploitation of children as seriously as it does terrorism.

The Independent UK

Pinned down, force-fed and drugged into ‘zombie-like’ state: ‘Systemic abuse’ at children’s hospitals revealed

Investigation: Private mental health group was paid £190m by NHS despite hundreds of warnings over care, reports Rebecca Thomas

The Independent UK

Suicide attempts and self-harm ‘part and parcel of everyday life in a school’

A former Children’s Commissioner told peers there is a large legacy of children with increased mental health needs in the wake of the pandemic.

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The Guardian - UK

£1bn needed to speed up mental health care for UK children, report says

Call for ‘once in a generation’ package for NHS so young people can receive treatment within four weeks

The Independent UK

Calls for £1bn to save ‘buckling’ mental health services as suicidal children are turned away

‘Government response to this children’s mental health crisis has so far been too slow and inadequate’ says Anne Longfield

Wales Online

Children needing NHS mental health services in England ‘must be seen in four weeks’

Study calls for £1billion injection into children's care with guarantee of next-day consultations for those at greatest risk of self-harm or suicide

The Independent UK

Children needing NHS mental health services ‘must be seen in four weeks’

The Commission on Young Lives report said access to mental health services remains a ‘postcode lottery’.

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The Guardian - UK

Serious incidents more common in for-profit children’s homes in England

Privately run homes have more police callouts and staff complaints than council ones, data shows

The Independent UK

‘Four chips on a plate’: Ministers told to boost school meal funding as children ‘getting smaller portions’

Caterers are switching to cheaper products as food costs rise

Evening Standard

Free school meals: Ex-Education Secretary Justin Greening joins call for expansion as cost of living crisis bites

Teaching unions earlier wrote to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for an urgent expansion of free school meals

The Independent UK

Former Tory Education Secretary joins call for free school meal expansion

Teaching unions earlier wrote to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for an urgent expansion of free school meals.

The Guardian - UK

All families on universal credit should get free school meals, says ex-children’s tsar

Anne Longfield says poverty hasn’t been tackled well enough, as teaching unions in England urge chancellor to expand free meals

The Guardian - UK

Ban permanent exclusions from English primaries, says ex-children’s tsar

Anne Longfield says ‘exclusions culture’ rewards removal of some vulnerable children from school roll

The Independent UK

Report calls for primary school exclusions to be banned by 2026

The research also said no school should be graded ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted without being inclusive.

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