According to Barnardo’s, children’s charity, excluded children are also at risk of “being groomed and exploited by criminal gangs”. The charity said 47 councils, about one in three in England, had no spaces in pupil referral units (PRU), which look after excluded children. The government said a review of school exclusions and their impact on children was ongoing. The research, which was carried out in collaboration with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime, shows a 56% rise
According to a new UN report, strengthening rural economy in developing nations should be priority for those concerned with international migration. Agriculture, the main focus of rural development, receives inadequate resources and attention, the report says. Modernising agriculture in poor areas could yield substantial benefits, it says, raising productivity and providing the pull needed to keep young people on the land instead of migrating to large cities. The report says jobs in what it calls “agricultural value chains” can provide
About 40% of young adults cannot afford to buy one of the cheapest homes in their area even with a 10% deposit, according to a new research. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said house prices in England have risen by 173% over two decades. But average pay for 25-34 year-olds has grown by just 19% over the same period. In 1996, 93% of those with a deposit who borrowed four and a half times their salary could purchase a home but that
Medical experts have been told to draw up advice on the maximum amount of time young people should spend on social media, the health secretary has said. In an interview with the Observer, father-of-three Matt Hancock said he was “very worried” about the impact on children’s mental health. He said he hoped the guidelines would become the “norm”, like the recommended maximum alcohol consumption for adults. England’s chief medical officer has been asked to put together the advice. Mr Hancock told
