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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Number of Dubs scheme children to rise

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2017

The total number of children resettled under the Dubs scheme by councils will rise to 480, the Ho...

FINANCE

Asylum seekers shunted to poorest council areas

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Asylum seekers are being housed for £11 each per night under Whitehall’s ‘incredibly parsimonious...

WHITEHALL

Assessment timeframe 'not possible'

By Mark Conrad | 05 April 2017

Whitehall cannot fully assess the success of local government’s role in resettling Syrian refugee...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Government commits to review councils' refugee capacity

By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017

The Government has committed to publishing ‘regular updates’ on the number of child refugees rese...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

MPs call for government to publish fresh asylum data

By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017

Ministers should publish fresh data on councils’ ability to take unaccompanied asylum-seeking chi...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Specialist needs migrant children 'can leave councils with £90k gap'

By Mark Conrad | 21 February 2017

Councils can face a funding gap of up to £90,000 for unaccompanied child migrants with specialist...

WHITEHALL

Authorities seek renewed support for child refugees

By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2017

Town halls have urged ministers to re-design government support for asylum-seeking children follo...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Fostering agencies accused of profiteering

By Mark Conrad | 08 February 2017

Children’s services directors have accused fostering agencies of ‘direct profiteering’ from the h...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

MPs repeat criticism of council asylum response

By William Eichler | 31 January 2017

MPs have called for more councils to take in asylum seekers five months after local authorities d...

FINANCE

Pulling out of the young asylum seeker transfer scheme

By Cllr Ivan Ould | 23 January 2017

As more authorities look to opt out of the national transfer scheme for young asylum seekers, Cll...

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