A line by poet Oliver Wendell Holmes – “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions” – feels apt when considering the guidance that governs local authority functions and ...

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All schools will have a legal duty to tell parents if their child has been restrained or put in isolation. But those measures should only be used as a last resort to stop harm and never as punishment.

As of 31 March 2020, there are 80,080 looked-after children and young people in England, with the total number of children being looked after increasing yearly since 2010. Most of the looked-after ...

According to the Care Quality Commission's state of care report for 2019/20, there are over 10,800 residential care homes and 4,200 nursing homes in the UK. These provide support to around 410,000 ...