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[vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1738834800408{border-color: #FFFFFF !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””] Starting Monday 29 September at 10.30am, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry will be taking evidence from a wide range of organisations and witnesses on how government decision-making during the pandemic affected children and young people. Hearings will consider the specific experiences and harms suffered by children in care and care leavers,…| Article 39
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755437303179{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Our Moments of Gold magazine was produced by young people as part of our Change through Advocacy week 2025. You can read it here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]| Article 39
[vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1738834800408{border-color: #FFFFFF !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Image above: care experienced campaigners deliver a petition to 10 Downing Street, with 10,700+ signatures, demanding every child in care receives care where they live, 1 February 2022 Parliament’s Education Committee has today (10 July 2025) published its report from its inquiry into children’s social care. Adding considerable weight to Article…| Article 39
In this final 2024 issue of our children’s right legal digest we focus on a series of recent assessment decisions of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman to draw attention to the criteria which determine whether a complaint made to the Ombudsman is accepted or not. We share an overview of the legal framework which governs the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction and powers, and the ‘assessment code’ applied by the Ombudsman to each submitted complaint to decide whether it can be investi...| Article 39
According to government data, there were 473,255 children in England with education health and care (EHC) plans in January 2022, representing an increase of 9.9% on the previous year and continuing…| Article 39
This month, we focus on a recent judgment which found a local authority had failed to meet its statutory duties under the Education Act 1996, the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Children Act…| Article 39
In this issue, we focus on a decision of the Upper Tribunal (August 2021) – responsible for dealing with appeals against decisions made by the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs a…| Article 39
