VULNERABLE children in residential care are being failed by the Scottish Government and councils, leading to lives of unemployment, homelessness and prison, Audit Scotland has

Compassion fatigue. It's a well-charted phenomenon in the charity world. People can only take so much when it comes to seeing pictures of starving children, fleeing refuge

Labour’s claims that Tory Government is bad for your health have already been verified in the early days of the Con/Lib Government. The news that Surrey Heath has the highest level of road accidents for children in Surrey comes with the announcement that Runnymede and Chertsey MP Philip Hammond is cutting the Government grant for speed cameras. "There is now every chance that more children w...

from UNISON’s magazine  Like you, I’m proud of Labour’s legacy – the minimum wage, Sure Start children’s centres, new hospitals, civil partnerships and devolution. But I’m aware of the disappointments too. At times the Labour government seemed to lose touch with the people we represent and almost wage war on public servants. That was wrong and we

Children are being denied a free fruit scheme because of Treasury red tape according to the Scottish Government.

Should Scottish children play in the woods without access to soap and water? According to Health Protection Scotland (HPS) the answer seems to be no.

Two pioneering scientific projects and hundreds of planned new children's playgrounds are under threat in the latest round of government spending cuts, it can be revealed.

I was, I don't know, six. The teacher asked brightly what we knew about gypsies. Ever eager to show off my knowledge, I stood up and said they stole children. I don't know what story I'd got that from. Half a century later and we're still giving them prejudice. Dirty thieves etc. France is moving them on; in Istanbul, they're knocking down and rebuilding houses as "transfo...

It is every parent's desire to give their children the best start in life, but few would ever aspire to buying them a £1million house as a leaving home present. Unless, that is, you happen to be as wealthy as Tony and Cherie Blair.

The UK in the era of comprehensive state education has had very different views on school size depending on the age of children. A typical local authority provides small schools for 5-11 year olds. This means they can be close to the homes of the parents. The Head can know all the children in the