Officers investigated after black child suffers broken knee in police search www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More than 800 illegal children’s care homes are operating on an “industrial scale” in towns and cities across the UK, none of which are registered with independent regulator Ofsted, exposing young people to exploitation and abuse with no scrutiny. www.lbc.co.uk/article/vuln...

Yet another private company opening a children’s home in Wales, even though it will be illegal to make a profit from children’s social care www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

Buckinghamshire Council is now halfway through its plan to open 10 of its own new children’s homes. www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/news/new-chi...

New ADCS president picks up leadership baton with call to prioritise adolescents www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...

The future of a specialist family court system that tackles addiction and keeps children out of care is in jeopardy without stronger government funding, experts have warned. open.substack.com/pub/channel4...

Most social workers don't receive adequate case handovers, finds poll www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...

Barnsley’s £14m plan to improve children’s social care www.wearebarnsley.com/news/20466/b...

Horrific abuse of 15-year-old girl at illegal children’s home in Yorkshire. Investigation by @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

No homicide charge after death of girl in children’s home www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/2597954...

Local government reorganisation - what it means for children's services www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...

Exploitation of vulnerable young people in the Highlands by so-called county lines drug gangs has worsened, according to workers for a children's charity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Hundreds of my abusers are still out there, says victim as grooming inquiry launched www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

50 years as foster carers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why is nobody challenging the power and reach of new regional care co-operatives? RCCs represent a fundamental rethink of the care system in England, with little evidence that they can make a positive difference. My new column via Substack. open.substack.com/pub/martinba...

"Every Movement Was Controlled": The Quiet Rise In Children Under Deprivation Of Liberty Orders. Via @politicshome.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Why is nobody challenging the power and reach of new regional care co-operatives? RCCs represent a fundamental rethink of the care system in England, with little evidence that they can make a positive difference. My new column via Substack. open.substack.com/pub/martinba...

Child focus is biggest change to family courts in 30 years, senior judge says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cumberland Council’s children’s services are running at a £31.8 million deficit, it has been revealed. www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2597581...

An abandoned baby, a country lane, and a story that spirals out of control observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

A Family Court judge ruled that a local authority’s removal of a six-year-old boy from his aunt’s care was wrongful. Eleanor Howard explains why and looks at the judge's decision on naming the council and the professionals involved. www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/child-protec...

810-mile challenge to raise awareness of Devon children in care www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/2597713...

In the world of The Times, the middle class has nannies

Sibling contact rights for children in care strengthened in legal change www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...

Private companies are still planning children’s homes in Wales despite the fact that making a profit from children’s social care is set to become illegal www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2596153...

UK government must urgently apologise for forced adoption, MPs say www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

We’ve been supporting siblings in care for almost two decades. This is what we have learned. My new column is about moves to strengthen in law the right for children in care to maintain contact with siblings. open.substack.com/pub/martinba...

West Sussex County Council to spend more than £2m on residential facility for children with complex needs www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politic...

New legislation to keep brothers and sisters connected in care www.gov.uk/government/n...

Derby Council raises concerns about the criminalisation of young people by the police in relation to criminal and sexual exploitation of children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Care leavers are expected to benefit from free bus travel, Brighton and Hove City Council said today. www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/03/25/f...

Calls for urgent inquiry into high street child abuse claims www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One news report that says so much about how we treat vulnerable families www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Councils to get £860mn to boost specialist places in mainstream schools www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...

Barnsley Council could open three new children’s homes under plans to reduce its reliance on expensive private care placements. www.thestar.co.uk/education/th...

Nuns who violently attacked children in care avoid jail www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘We’, meaning The Times, presumably. Most of us already knew.

Darlington Council children's services rated 'outstanding' www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2596132...

High Court judge describes detention of teenage girl in room without windows on A&E ward for two-and-a-half months as “intolerable” www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/child-protec...

Child sexual abuse and exploitation: recording practices in children’s social care and serious incident reporting. Research report about child sexual abuse and exploitation recording practices and serious incident reporting, including qualitative insights across 6 LAs www.gov.uk/government/p...

No new foster carers have been recruited in Inverclyde for the last seven years – while the number of existing carers has dropped by more than half. www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/2595997...

Cumberland Council to open new children's residential homes www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2596429...

A Facebook page for foster carers to sound off about why they hate being foster carers and complain that they are unable to complain.

New children’s home in West Sussex (a rare thing) www.theargus.co.uk/news/2595035...

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Thousands of care leavers in England ‘locked out’ of work as firms slow to adapt www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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“So quiet that I write about it in The Times”

Inside the case of a 15-year-old caught with a machete and pistol www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...