The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Children in care ask the government to stop holding care reviews in schools
• The “long arm” of the police – how “confidential “ are family proceedings?
• 25% of young adults now living at home with their parents (ONS)

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Nearly 600,000 children affected by two-child limit on benefits
• Hunger in summer: ‘More children need help with food this summer’
• Police and teachers back Welsh anti-smacking bill

The child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Westminster child abuse accuser found guilty of perverting course of justice
• £750,000 awarded to support victims of sexual abuse
• Government scheme for use of children as ‘spies’ is lawful, High Court judge rules

The child welfare stories that should be right on your radar:

• “The care system failed to look after me well enough” 
• Oxfordshire social care costs ‘rising due to parent failings’
• Archbishop of Westminster put church’s reputation before children, says abuse inquiry

Thank you to Dana for alerting us to the first item.

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Victims of domestic violence in Australia ten times more likely to experience other legal problems
• Mother who took her life and her four children’s lives was known to social services in Australia
• Self-harm among children doubles at troubled Feltham youth jail

Many thanks to Charles Pragnell for alerting us to the first two articles.

The child welfare stories that should be right on your radar:

• Scotland backs general principles of Bill to ban smacking
• Campaign in Scotland demands mandatory jail terms for anyone convicted of sexual offences involving a child
• Single parent adoptions reach record high in the UK

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Almost half of millennials in UK exposed to domestic abuse during childhood, poll finds
• United Nations concerned over sexual abuse of children in UK custody
• Government announces £15 million investment for Family Drug and Alcohol Court- style initiatives

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Crime Agency Chief Warns UK Could Have ‘Thousands More Paedophiles” Than Estimated 
• Tech giants allowed to give evidence to national child abuse inquiry in secret
• Study: Illinois sometimes brushes aside abuse allegations

The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:

• Age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales ‘too low’ says watchdog
• NHS failing child sex abuse survivors with ‘woeful’ support, victim says
• Views sought over proposals to improve support for child abuse victims
• Edward Timpson publishes landmark exclusions review