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Homelessness: Affordable homes needed to halt rise

21 September 2004, Children Now

Housing charity Shelter says there is an urgent need for more affordable family-sized homes after finding that homelessness has risen twice as fast among ethnic minority families compared to the...

Cafcass: New head to make strategy a priority

21 September 2004, Children Now

Cafcass says its new chief executive has made redefining the organisation's long-term strategy a priority, after a report said it had "yet to be fully articulated".

Fostering: CSCI in complaint row with agency

21 September 2004, Children Now

The fostering agency at the centre of a parliamentary debate says it is "open to inspections any time".

National Service Framework: PCT leader voices doubts over the children's health blueprint

21 September 2004, Children Now

The head of the organisation that represents primary care trusts has admitted that health organisations could lack the will to deliver the best practice outlined in the children's National Service...

News in brief: Under-18s serving custodial sentence

21 September 2004, Children Now

There were fewer under-18s serving a custodial sentence at 30 June 2004 than in the two previous years, the Home Office revealed in an answer to a Parliamentary question. The...

News in brief: Police officer pleads guilty

21 September 2004, Children Now

A former Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded guilty to two charges of misconduct in a public office after trying to defraud the Learning Trust, which runs education in Hackney, of...

News in brief: Report into abuse of public-sector workers

21 September 2004, Children Now

Scottish schools should teach children from a young age that it's unacceptable to assault people at work, a report into the abuse of public-sector workers has recommended.

News in brief: Birmingham City Council social care budget

21 September 2004, Children Now

Birmingham City Council says its social care budget has come under "increasing pressure", and that it is looking after 240 more children than it can afford to pay for. It...

News in brief: Cancer risk in obese children

21 September 2004, Children Now

Obese children are at greater risk of developing cancer, according to the first study to examine the link. Researchers at Bristol University found the risk almost doubled among the heaviest...

News in brief: Maternity leave plans

21 September 2004, Children Now

The Government could double the length of maternity leave and give fathers more paternity pay, under plans being drawn up by trade secretary Patricia Hewitt.