Pleased to be able to contribute to this piece by Anna Fazackerley - awful stories of young people in care abandoned in unsafe settings. This problem is getting worse and we urgently need reform theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

The Rwanda policy in a nutshell - absurd and inhumane.

“We’re ignoring children in need by ignoring children in care, we’re not giving them the attention they deserve, the most vulnerable in our society. It should be the highest point on the agenda of any government.” Hear hear ⁦lemn sissay OBE FRSL⁩ theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Good to see the issue of children’s social care getting more and more political attention. Thank you to all the peers who spoke in the debate yesterday. Now we need action.

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I don’t know where to start with this. The idea that we still have a strong welfare safety net is laughable. It has been steadily cut & cut & cut again. Now another proposal which will hit people already struggling to cope & push them further into poverty theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Today Become has published an open letter and manifesto calling on party leaders to show they care and make the reforms to the care system so urgently needed.

‘Rat bites and chronic asthma’: Horrific accounts of poor housing impacting children’s physical & mental health & ability to learn. We need urgent action to address the housing emergency & tackle poverty if we want to give all children a fair start in life theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Hundreds of vulnerable children sent to illegal and unregulated care homes - important work from our friends Together Trust highlighting this very concerning, growing problem. Absolutely shameful how we treat our most vulnerable children theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Man convicted over benefit error worth 30p a week fights to clear his name - this is such a shocking story. This man’s life destroyed over a tiny error. The waste and cost of public funds is just staggering and shameful theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

📣Have you got what you need to VOTE?

🗳️ New voter ID requirements can make it harder for care-experienced young people so make sure you can have your say. Give An X

Love this. Yess to young people voting. It’s how we’ll get change. 🔥

Very excited to get my pre ordered copy of Free Loaves on Fridays in the post today. Huge congratulations Rebekah Pierre and all the amazing contributors. Can’t wait to read it.