From making life hell for a young teacher to doubting the motives of a caring foster mother, Olivia Petter, Derek Owusu, Annie Lord and other writers repent for past bad behaviourAt school, I was not a good girl. Actually,...
Read MoreThousands of children in state care were evacuated when Russia invaded. Kyiv wants them back – but many resistWhen he first arrived in his new home in a small village in the Italian Alps in March 2022, 15-year-old Denys* says he...
Read MoreExperts raise alarm as firms aiming to maximise assets and sell for profit become more involved in vital public services‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equityNurseries, vets...
Read MoreExperts raise alarm as firms aiming to maximise assets and sell for profit become more involved in vital public services‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equityNurseries, vets...
Read MoreCharity calls on government to launch national campaign amid rise in number of children entering care homes‘We’re very glad we’ve done it’: the Liverpool couple who fostered more than 40 childrenThe UK is facing a fostering...
Read MoreObserver investigation uncovers the scale of the crisis in a system where the most vulnerable ‘will continue to be put at risk’• ‘I felt abandoned’: trauma of being uprooted and taken into careSome...
Read MoreCharities accuse the government of failing to meet young asylum seekers’ basic needs, despite care pledge Child refugees from Afghanistan are being held by the Home Office in hotels for weeks on end without shoes, spare...
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