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Assisted dying bill clears first parliamentary hurdle

29-11-2024 16:55

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Legislation to permit assisted dying has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle after MPs voted in favour of it today.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 330 votes to 275.
Most Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs voted in favour, with the majority of Conservatives, and a sizeable minority from the governing party, voting against.
The

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LADO guidance to be issued for consultation in 2025

29-11-2024 14:41

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Guidance on the performance of the local authority designated officer role will be issued for consultation in 2025, the education secretary has confirmed.
The news came in a letter from Bridget Phillipson to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel updating on the government’s response to the panel’s inquiry into the abuse of children, most of whom were autistic and had learn

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Guidance on LADO role to be issued for consultation in 2025

29-11-2024 14:41

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Guidance on the performance of the local authority designated officer role will be issued for consultation in 2025, the education secretary has confirmed.
The news came in a letter from Bridget Phillipson to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel updating on the government’s response to the panel’s inquiry into the abuse of children, most of whom were autistic and had learn

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‘Door could be open to abuse’ of disabled children due to DfE shelving advocacy plan, say leads

29-11-2024 12:47

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The “door could be open to the abuse and neglect” of disabled children due to the government’s cost-driven decision to shelve a planned expansion of advocacy for the group.
That was the message from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, as it led sector criticism of the Department for Education’s (DfE) decision to halt the previous government’s planned i

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A Google Maps Tribute: a poem about a bereaved child’s resilience

29-11-2024 10:16

by Rosie R.
I have met many resilient and courageous children in my work, and this touching account describes how one young person clung to his online memento of his mother, and how this became his opening line of discussion when first meeting professionals.He was incredibly proud of his “claim to fame”.
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For our 50th anniversary, we’re expanding our My Brilliant Colleague series

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