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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

More foster carers needed

One in four foster children move home two or more times a year, according to the charity Action for Children.

One in four foster children move home two or more times a year, according to the charity Action for Children.

The charity has launched an appeal to find more foster carers so children in care will be able to grow up in more stable environments.

‘For children in care, moving home is not just about leaving a house,' said chief executive, Sir Tony Hawkhead. ‘It means leaving a family, friends, school and everything that is familiar to start all over again.'

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Transforming children's services through devo

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Emmet Regan explores whether Rewiring the State can deliver meaningful change for those who depend on it most.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Strategic authorities: Swerving the 'screw up'

By Paul Marinko | 13 October 2026

The Government’s commitment to a roll out of powerful strategic authorities across the country is in little doubt, but as the sector awaits a string of key a...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Care leavers need to avoid a support 'cliff edge'

By Ann Graham | 08 October 2026

The imperative of children’s services leaders must be to create the conditions for all care leavers to build a successful life – not responding when things g...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Devolution's next challenge: Building capable places

By Thomas Johnson | 07 October 2026

Thomas Johnson looks at what Greater Manchester’s experience suggests about the next stage of devolution and rewiring the state.

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