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Vulnerable teenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by councils in England

Campaigners say cash-strapped local authorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for grooming by criminal gangs

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on investing in youth: bring back Sure Start and make it for teens too

Editorial: Youth services have been wrecked by cuts. They must be reformed, better funded and not just focused on crime prevention

The Guardian - UK

Fears As Homeschooling Rates 'Surge' In England

Education campaigners demanded government action Friday after new figures revealed that the number of children in England being homeschooled jumped more than 13 percent in one term last year.

International Business Times

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Why 140,000 pupils are ‘severely absent’ from school in England – and what we can do about it

Redundancies, lack of funding, and a pandemic have all contributed to a huge rise in children missing from class. Now a bold new initiative aims to solve the problem

The Guardian - UK

Strictest academy schools in England suspend 30 times more pupils than the national average

200% suspension rates at ‘zero tolerance’ trusts in England could affect highly vulnerable children, experts warn

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan’s £1.2m boost to tackle child ‘fight-or-flight’ knife trauma

The Rise Up programme, delivered by London Youth, adds to the already 270 youth workers in nearly every London borough

Evening Standard

Empty classroom seats reveal ‘long shadow’ of Covid chaos on Britain’s children

Former commissioner Anne Longfield’s inquiry testimony exposed how future generations will pay price for government’s poor decisions

The Guardian - UK

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Thousands of Covid generation under-fives excluded from schools in England

Nearly half of children in some areas arrive unable to talk and still not potty-trained as lockdown legacy take its toll, data shows

The Guardian - UK

Children in UK will be living in long shadow of Covid for next two decades, inquiry told

Anne Longfield, England’s former children’s commissioner, said ministers were indifferent to children during lockdown

The Guardian - UK

‘Terrible mistake’ to prioritise Eat Out to Help Out over schools, inquiry told

Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England until February 2021, said the pandemic was a ‘disaster’ for many disadvantaged children.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of children thrown out of school in English county lines hotspots

Gangs target minors who are out of school and BBC report shows rise in exclusions and suspensions in biggest drug-exporting areas

The Guardian - UK

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’

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Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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

The Independent UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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

The Independent UK

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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