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Hundreds of children are forced to wait an average of 20 months from entering care to moving in with their adoptive parents – six months slower than the timetable set out in national guidance, according to official figures.

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Children's charity, the NSPCC, has issued a warning that many children taken into care will be returned to abusive family homes without the support needed to keep them safe from harm.

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The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has published statistics on the work of the Child Support Agency (CSA) for the quarter ending March 2012.

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A recent report from charity Action for

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Following figures released by Cafcass showing that care applications have exceeded 10,000 over the last  twelve months for the first time, the Fostering Network is warning this will put foster care under even more pressure and is calling for urgent Government investment.

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A report published by Ofsted has examined the many critical points that can cause delay in the adoption system, and some of the ways in which local authorities and their partners are working to overcome those barriers.

The report surveyed nine local authorities, tracking 53 adoption cases

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A recent study by charity Family Rights Group has found that the failure of local authorities to implement central government policy has meant that family and friends carers, who are raising some of the nation’s most vulnerable children, are being left without adequate support.

When children

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Some of Wales’ most vulnerable children and young people are unaware of their statutory right to an independent professional ‘voice’ due to a system without a clear set of checks and balances, according to the Children’s Commissioner, Keith Towler.

In a report, titled Missing Voices, the Commissioner

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A bill is currently passing through the Japanese cabinet and parliament that will move Japan closer to signing the Hague convention on international child abduction, reports the Telegraph.

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The Children’s Rights Director, Roger Morgan, has recently published the After Care report, which looked at views from 308 care leavers both who had recently left care and those still in care but preparing to leave.

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Under new adoption inspection arrangements, only local authorities that ensure all children identified for adoption are placed within twelve months will be able to achieve an ‘outstanding’ judgement from Ofsted.

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Parenting support charity, Families Need Fathers, has welcomed the government’s response to the Family Justice Review as a clear step forward for private family law in the UK.

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The think-tank, Policy Exchange, has called for radical reform of fostering services in England and Wales. A report published by the organisation has shown that in some instances severely disadvantaged children are waiting for over a year for a foster placement and that the life chances for many children in the system are appalling.

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The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has recently published research which reveals a greater level of satisfaction for parents who work out their own child maintenance arrangements than for those using the Child Support Agency (CSA) to make arrangements on their behalf.

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The Government has announced plans to remove the exemption from child maintenance liability that exists for some part-time public servants.

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Detailed proposals for the new statutory child maintenance scheme have been published which include plans to increase the amount of maintenance paid by parents on state benefits and others declaring low incomes.

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The Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has held its annual lecture. The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales, spoke on “Changing the Culture: The role of the Bar and Bench in the management of cases involving children”, calling for changes to the traditional management of cases to be applied by barristers and the judiciary.

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Family Lives’ updated aggression report has found that calls to its Parentline regarding aggressive behaviour have increased by 2%, and only 56% of respondents to an online survey had sought help for their child’s problem.

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Single parent charity, Gingerbread, has released new research which shows that a fifth of poor families are lifted out of poverty by receiving child maintenance, but that poorer single-parent families are least likely to receive any maintenance payments.

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New research from The Children's Society has revealed that 26% of child runaways have been the victim of a harmful or dangerous experience. Yet teachers, social workers, police and other professionals are not stepping in and providing the necessary support.

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