by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 17, 2021 | News
The APPG for Looked After Children and Care Leavers has launched the Spotlight Inquiry in order to gather insights and evidence to inform the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care led by Josh MacAlister. The APPG’s Inquiry aims to “put the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 17, 2021 | News
Changes to the pupil premium could lead to schools losing out on a year’s worth of funding for the most disadvantaged pupils, campaigners have warned. From April, allocations for the pupil premium, which provides extra funding for pupils eligible for free school...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 17, 2021 | News
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a study of children’s social care provision in England, Scotland and Wales to establish why a lack of availability and increasing costs could be leading to the needs of children in care not being met. The...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News
Dame Rachel De Souza has vowed to “take responsibility for the future of children” as she takes on the role of children’s commissioner for England. Stepping up for her six-year tenure as children’s tsar on1 March, De Souza, a former head...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News
A council, charity and private sector partnership has launched to improve innovation, including the use of technology, in children’s social care. The partnership is also gathering examples of innovative work already taking place to improve the lives of...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News
Campaigners have praised a move to bring forward plans to increase housing benefits for homeless young people and care leavers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that from June 2021 care leavers under the age of 25 and 16- to 24-year-olds who...
