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Minister for schools and childhood Kelly Tolhurst

Children, Social work leaders

DfE merges schools and children’s social care responsibilities under new minister

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The Queen

Adults, Children, Workforce

Social care sector joins tributes to Queen

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Nottingham skyline

Children, Social work leaders

Children waiting up to six weeks to see social workers, as authority downgraded to ‘inadequate’

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Smart meter placed next to gas stove with blue flames burning

Adults, Children, Workforce

Truss announces £2,500 cap on average annual energy bills until 2024

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Image of compass arrow pointing to word 'improvement' (credit: Coloures-Pic / Adobe Stock)

Children, Social work leaders

Boost to social worker numbers despite funding constraints helps council improve Ofsted grade

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Liz Truss outside Downing Street

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Liz Truss appoints cabinet ministers for social care

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Telephone kiosks outside St Helens town hall

Children, Social work leaders

Vacancy spike delayed permanence for some children but Ofsted finds progress at struggling council

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Image of Bradford skyline (image: John Farman via Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Social work leaders

Council facing removal of services improving care leaver provision, finds Ofsted

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Care review lead Josh MacAlister

Children, Social work leaders

DfE appoints MacAlister to advise on care review implementation

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Young asylum seeker

Children, Social work leaders

‘Placements do not exist’ to move unaccompanied children out of hotels, warn directors

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Image of elderly couple with energy bill (credit: Solarisys / Adobe Stock)

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Cost of living crisis ‘severely’ hitting people accessing children’s and adults’ services, social workers warn

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Skyline view of Hull Guildhall (credit: Paul Lakin / Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Social work leaders

‘Highly effective’ information sharing drives improvements to ‘inadequate’ council’s child protection services

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Image of folder marked 'Regulations' (credit: caracoot / Adobe Stock)

Adults, Children

Social work regulations set to change following consultation

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Image of Middlesbrough town hall and civic centre (Credit: Francis Hannaway / Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Social work leaders

‘Inadequate’ council making headway with front door and early help services, Ofsted finds

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Image of the Senedd in Cardiff, seat of the Welsh Parliament (credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Social work leaders

Welsh Government consulting on eliminating profit-making provision for children in care

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Children, Social work leaders

Neurodivergent social workers 'exhausted' from lack of understanding at work

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