The Children’s Commissioner for England has claimed that children’s access to specialist NHS mental health services remains ‘a postcode lottery’.

The number of children with mental health problems seen by social workers has surged by a quarter since before the coronavirus pandemic.

Young people will be given access to more activities, trips away from home and volunteering opportunities as part of a new National Youth Guarantee.

Disadvantaged areas are set to benefit from improved schools as part of measures to boost take-up of high-quality training across England.

The LGA is launching a ground-breaking new support programme for up to 35 councils to help them with the creation of additional high quality T Level placements.

Bradford’s children’s social care services are set to be lifted into a Trust that will drive rapid improvements.

Barnardo’s has warned that the government’s Health and Care Bill may mean more sick and disabled adults are discharged from hospital into the sole care of children.

New multi-million-pound funding from NHS England will enable all schools to fully support the in-school vaccination programme.

City of York Council is set to commit to a £7.7 million investment in the city’s libraries in a programme of city wide improvement.

Thousands of new air filters will be introduced to protect face-to-face education and minimise disruption in the classroom.

Young people who are most at risk of serious violence will receive targeted support to keep them engaged in education and attending lessons.

The Centre for Mental Health has said that the mental health of young people has been underfunded for too long, leaving a postcode lottery of support.

A crumbling and failing system is what children and young people in foster care are faced with, if urgent improvements aren't made.

Employment and skills support in local areas will become even more fragmented if councils are sidelined in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill.

New expert attendance advisers with decades of first-hand experience are to begin work to reduce pupil absence.

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