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Survey of 15 LEAs by education watchdog reveals none of them are confident they know about all children living in their area

Report stokes concern that children who miss morning meal are much more likely to develop chronic disease in adulthood

One of my prized possessions is a photo from the Guardian showing Ed Balls and Andy Burnham sharing a rotating double swing in an adventure playground when the Labour government announced a £235m f

We wish to express our dismay at the arbitrary decision-making process by which it seems the Legal Services Commission has barred leading family law solicitors, in particular those who specialise i

Not all mothers feel that breastfeeding ‘is the most natural thing in the world’. Women must be allowed to make their own choices

Single parents are to be compelled to seek work once their youngest child turns five, or face losing benefits. We ask families how they will cope.

Yes, its nutrients are available in other foods, but abolishing free school milk will cause children to turn to high-sugar soft drinks

Government scraps ContactPoint, which held records on all England’s 11 million children

• Findings overturn earlier research on working mothers
• Gains of being in employment outweigh disadvantages