Category: Family

Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents

‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say criticsSome schools in England are sending police to the homes of children who are persistently absent, or warning them their...

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Failure to stem rising cost of formula in UK putting babies at risk, say experts

Leading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling familiesFailure to tackle the cost of soaring infant formula is creating a crisis of infant hunger and putting the health...

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Childcare sector in England must not become ‘playground for private equity’, experts say

Exclusive: Increasing involvement of investment funds could leave nursery places at riskGolden goose: why private equity is eyeing up UK essential servicesEngland’s childcare sector risks becoming a “playground for...

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