Children’s social care system failing to support young adults, JCHR report warns
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has called for widespread reforms to the children’s social care system to improve the quality of support and life-long outcomes for people in care and care leavers. Around 400,000 children in England are in the social care system, with nearly 84,000 being looked after by local authorities. In […]
Nuffield Family Justice Observatory data shows foster care remains ‘mainstay of care system’
The latest data tracker from the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory reveals foster care (kinship and non-kinship) remains the mainstay of homes in England’s care system. Nuffield’s analysis reveals the number of approved foster carers in England fell 12% between 2020/21 and 2024/25, alongside a 9% reduction in available fostering places. Over the same period, the […]