Scotland’s councils reported a 6 per cent rise in the number of children on child protection registers last year, according to figures today from the Scottish executive. There were 2,288 children on ...

Scotland needs a 'shift in power' to tackle child poverty and exploitation, a leading charity has warned. Fiona Steele, national director of Action for Children in Scotland, said the upcoming Holyrood ...

A review of child protection in Scotland is to be announced this week prompted by the independent inquiry into the murder of three-year-old Kennedy McFarlane in Dumfries and Galloway. Kennedy ...

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A report by the peak body for First Nations children has revealed that only 15.6 per cent of child protection spending goes towards family support services. Data shows more than 50 per cent of ...