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Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
Your local council can provide help if you have a disabled child,…
Your local council’s Family Information Service can give you details about…
Under the Equality Act 2010, it’s against the law for schools and other…
The Motability Scheme can help you lease a car if your child is aged 3 or…
If your home needs to be adapted to meet your child’s needs, you may be…
Why children are sent to custody, what it's like, visiting, advice and support
Anyone under 18 who is sentenced to custody is sent to a secure centre for…
The child is interviewed by the reception officer as soon as they arrive.…
Time in custody is spent: in education learning skills to get a job or to…
You must arrange your visit first. Contact the secure centre to find out…
For advice or support, a child can speak to a member of staff, for…
Advocacy services are run by children’s charities and are confidential. A…
The Howard League might be able to offer legal advice and help to children…
How to open a Junior ISA for your child - including managing and adding money to an account.
Junior Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) are long-term, tax-free savings…
Only parents or a guardian with parental responsibility can open a Junior…
Anyone can pay money into a Junior ISA, but the total amount paid in…
Your child’s Junior ISA will be in their name, but the person with…
The registered contact can take money out of a Junior ISA early if a child…
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
The government has opened a public consultation on applying the new nutrient profiling model to advertising and promotions restrictions.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Right to maintain contact with siblings to be strengthened in law for children in care via amendment to Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Government launches a landmark consultation on UK children's digital wellbeing, covering social media age bans, curfews, AI chatbots and gaming.
Government pilots social media bans, time limits and digital curfews in 300 teenage homes to inform national consultation on children's online safety.
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
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