In his first speech as Prime Minister outside Downing Street, Andy Burnham set out a clear ambition: to help more young people into work by changing the education system and giving them more

The government’s ban on social media for under-16s has landed with the force you’d expect. Parents are relieved. Tech platforms are scrambling. Commentators are arguing about age verification and VPNs. And somewhere in

Independent advocacy matters. Let me say that clearly before anything else, because what follows is not an argument against it. For a child in care, having someone whose only job is to stand

Families First partnership feels like a positive step. After years of squeezed early help budgets and services pushed towards crisis, the direction of travel is right. Earlier support, families involved in their own

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 commits, again, to putting children at the centre of decisions made about their lives. It’s the right commitment. It’s also one the sector has made before.