The government has announced that councils will be given new funding to ensure vulnerable households do not go hungry or without essential items.

The NSPCC has warned that increasing stress levels have taken a toll on the mental and emotional health of young people since March.

The LGA has stressed that urgent investment in youth services is vital to help young people as the country enters a second lockdown.

A quarter of nurseries and childminders in deprived areas of England say they will not get by beyond Christmas without additional income.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has urged the government to commit to devolving further adult education funding to the capital.

The UK’s leading bodies concerned with children’s play have joined together in a concerted effort to ensure that community play areas remain open.

The money the government ‘wasted’ on unusable face masks could have all but paid for free school meals until next Easter, says Labour.

Nearly a million children living in areas that are subject to coronavirus restrictions are set to lose access to free school meals over the holidays.

Labour has called on the government to extend the provision of free school meals until the Spring – or face a Commons vote on the issue.

Cuts to early intervention funding in the past decade must be urgently reversed as councils prepare for a surge in demand for support for young people.

To mark National Adoption Week, the Education Secretary has called for an overhaul of the ‘overly bureaucratic’ adoption system.

There has been extremely high demand for Free School Meals this Autumn, highlighting the hard-hitting socio-economic consequences of coronavirus.

More than 1,300 arts and cultural organisations are expected to benefit from a share of £257 million from the Culture Recovery Fund.

Only half of teachers say their school can offer pupils on-site mental health counselling in wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Young people face becoming a ‘lost generation’ unless the government develops a COBRA-style response to boost job opportunities.

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