With Baroness Casey set to take the stage at the Local Government Association’s Annual Conference, councils are making their case for a bigger role in social care change.

During a meeting set up by Barnardo’s, children and young people told MPs that online abuse is having a profound impact on their daily lives.

MPs have called on the incoming prime minister to bring forward reforms to adult social care, warning delay until the next general election could hinder progress. 

More than one million children in England were referred to NHS mental health services last year and tens of thousands were left waiting more than two years for support.

England is to appoint its first ever commissioner for maternity and neonatal care following a review that found persistent failings in services for women and babies.

The Children’s Laureate’s powerful account of how we’re failing children – and what we can do to address that.