Thousands of North and Mid Bedfordshire Children in Families Hit by Two-Child Limit

Thousands of North and Mid Bedfordshire children in families hit by two-child limit

Thousands of children in North and Mid Bedfordshire are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities urged the Government to scrap the policy.

ADCS president moots payments to families to prevent children going into care

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ (ADCS) president has mooted making payments to families to prevent children going into care. Rachael Wardell raised the idea as something for the government to consider in drawing up its child poverty strategy, due this autumn, in her speech to last week’s annual ADCS conference. She said “one of the moral dichotomies in policy” was the acceptance that councils fund placements for children in …

Thousands of children in Leighton Buzzard area in families hit by two-child limit

Thousands of children in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities urged the Government to scrap the policy.