Archive: Children

Michael Gove speech on adoption in full

Michael Gove: 'An ethnic match between adopters and child can be a bonus'

Read Michael Gove's speech on adoption in full on politics.co.uk

Gove speech on 'the underclass' in full

Gove takes on adoption bureaucracy

Michael Gove on mathematics and civilisation

Better safe than sorry? Care applications still rising after Baby P

17-month-old Peter Connelly's tragic death continues to overshadow care workers

Social workers are putting more and more children in care in the wake of the Baby P case, figures out today show.

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Lords hands coalition biggest defeat yet

Single parents could be forced to pay upfront charge to receive child maintenance

Peers rejected the government's welfare reform bill yet again last night, in the largest Lords defeat yet for the coalition.

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More toddlers to get free early education

Early education expanded to 140,000 more toddlers

One hundred and forty thousand disadvantaged two-year-olds could gain access to 15 hours a week of free early education, according to new government plans.

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One in four British babies 'at risk'

One in four British babies are at risk of abuse or neglect, according to the report

One in four babies in Britain is at risk of abuse or neglect, according to a new report.

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Internet pornography 'opt-in' plans on the way

Internet users who want to look at pornography will have to actively 'opt-in' with their service provider, under new plans.

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Materialism leaves UK's children 'trapped'

British children are trapped in the UK's materialistic culture, a report from Unicef has found.

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Five-a-day parenting solution urged

The CentreForum report highlighted the 'Foundation Years' of nought to five as key to a child's development

The government should take a more active role in children's development via the launch of a "five-a-day" parenting campaign, a CentreForum report has urged.

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Parent complaint website just months away

Parents groups are concerned at the prevalence of sexualised imagery in childen's products

Plans to set up a parent complaint website for children's media are being fast-tracked by the PM.

British bulldog becoming extinct

British Bulldog: Going the way of the dodo?

The games which many people associate with their childhood, like conkers and British Bulldog, are disappearing from the playground, according to teachers.

Social mobility 'slower than in medieval England'

Medieval Britain: Better for social mobility?

The rate of social mobility in the UK is now slower than during the medieval ages, according to new research.

Gove gives heads power to charge pupils

Gove: 'Suddenly there is a cloud hanging over the teacher'

Michael Gove will announce plans to let headmasters launch criminal proceedings against pupils today, in a radical overhaul of the power structure in schools.

Barnardo's takes on refugee role

Children's charity Barnardo's is going to take on a hand-on role in taking care of children of asylum seekers who are to be returned to their home country.

1.6m children still in severe poverty

Save the Children figures show 13% of all the country's children live in severe poverty

Over 1.6 million children still live in severe poverty in the UK, according to charity Save the Children.

PM seeks teenage recruits

David Cameron seeks teenagers for national citizen service

David Cameron is using Facebook to appeal to 16-year-olds as he seeks to drum up interest in his national citizen service proposals.

Authorities warn against teenage 'sexting'

'Sexting' is popular among 11 to 16-year-olds

Teenagers have been warned off sending sexually explicit pictures of themselves by child protection experts, amid fears that sex offenders are collecting the images.