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• Judges are sick of locking up children who just need help. Why has nothing been done?

  08-06-2024 19:00
  
  Lack of provision for complex cases in England and Wales is a moral failure, says a former president of the high court’s family divisionThe BBC recently reported extensively on the rising and excessive use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders on vulnerable children in England and Wales. What was described is shocking and the stories they reported are heartbreaking. But this scandal is nothing new.For many years, judges have been calling for urgent action to address the shortage
  
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• Britain’s judges are sick of locking up children who just need help. Why has nothing been done?

  08-06-2024 19:00
  
  Lack of provision for complex cases is a moral failure by our ‘civilised’ country, says a former president of the high court’s family divisionThe BBC recently reported extensively on the rising and excessive use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders on vulnerable children. What was described is shocking and the stories they reported are heartbreaking. But this scandal is nothing new.For many years, judges have been calling for urgent action to address the shortage of
  
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• Lib Dems to promise £1.5bn reform of carer’s allowance including debt amnesty

  08-06-2024 11:00
  
  Proposals also include a £20-a-week boost to payments and an increased limit on earnings from part-time workUK general election live – latest updatesThe Liberal Democrats will commit to a £1.5bn overhaul of carer’s allowance, including a £20-a-week boost for more than 1 million people who devote their lives to looking after frail, ill and disabled loved ones, in their general election manifesto.An ongoing Guardian investigation has revealed that tens of thousands of
  
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