UK bottom of child welfare list
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The UK is bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries, Unicef says.
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Some 1.6 million children in Britain are homeless or living in 'unfit' housing, says homelessness charity Shelter.
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NEW YORK  - Abused and neglected children  who are removed from their homes or otherwise become involved  in the child welfare system have a high rate of emotional and  behavioral problems. Yet, many of these children do not receive  needed mental health services, new study findings show.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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LONDON -- After continuous computer failures forced the top civil servant of the U.K.'s Department of Work and Pensions' Child Support Agency (CSA) to step down from his job this week, the government is considering scrapping a welfare case management and telephony system developed in large part by Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
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Tooth decay in British children has fallen to the lowest recorded levels in 20 years, according to official figures. Despite the popularity of sweets and sugary drinks the Office
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Child welfare agencies are involving troubled families in decisions about where endangered children should live.
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Gordon Brown's policies for tackling child poverty were branded deeply flawed today amid claims the tax and benefits system 'brutally discriminates' against two-parent families.
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Â· 200 British suspects among 700 worldwide Â· 31 children rescued from abuse
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UK emergency services for children are failing to meet minimum standards set five years ago, say researchers.
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Think of the children UK government policies designed to safeguard kids might backfire by diverting valuable resources while creating a "culture of surveillance" where the role of parents is sidelined, according to a report for the Information Commissioner published on Wednesday.â¦
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Absent parents refusing to support their children could be 'named and shamed' on a UK government website.
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British charity, Save the Children UK has withdrawn its humanitarian operations in the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan. In a statement yesterday, the NGOâs Director-General Mike Aaronson, said &quot;due
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Britain is the worst country in the industrialized world in which to be a child, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
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Â· Research argues that orders are not working  Â· Evidence suggests lack of support for offenders
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HOUSTON - Seven Texas children were discovered abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage, suffering from disease and malnutrition, and have been brought back to the United States.    Child Protective Services, which received emergency custody of the children Monday, is investigating accusations that the children's adoptive mother abandoned them in Nigeria in October and later went to work in Iraq as a private contractor...
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A total ban on smacking in England and Wales is rejected by ministers, after a review suggests parents oppose it.