News round up: Vulnerable children failed by ‘private fostering’

Vulnerable children failed by notification scheme and ‘private fostering’

Thousands of young children are at risk of neglect or abuse because the system set up to protect them in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié is failing.

Read more on this story in The Times

Poorest targeted with energy-saving schemes

Ministers are examining a raft of green energy measures, including bringing forward a £2.75bn home insulation programme funded by energy companies, to protect Britain’s poorest from the impact of rising gas and electricity prices.

Read more on this story in The Guardian

GPs demand right to treat refugees

Government plans to deny failed asylum seekers access to free GP care breach medical ethics and could be illegal, according to evidence that the Department of Health has repeatedly refused to publish.

Read more on this story in The Observer

Blind, immobilised, diabetic – but the NHS doesn’t care

New state guidelines on paying for treatment in nursing homes have done little to ease the plight of many sick elderly people.

Read more on this story in The Observer

Crisis is set to worsen as jails run out of cells

Britain’s jails will struggle to cope with a predicted rise in prisoner numbers because the government plans to build far fewer cells than may be needed, The Observer has established.

Read more on this story in The Observer

Citizens Advice funding boost under fire

A £9m ($18m, €11m) government funding boost for the Citizens Advice service has been exposed as a sham, after the organisation warned it would only compensate for cuts to the service implemented last year.

Read more on this story in The Financial Times

Help for pupils is £1billion flop

A £1BILLION campaign to keep poor 16-year-olds at school resulted in fewer than 400 more staying on, new figures show.

Read more on this story in The Sun

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