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ADCS comments on launch of government’s national foster carer recruitment campaign.
Brett Dixon becomes 182nd President of the Law Society.
Children’s Commissioner publishes ‘The Childhood Lottery: The hardest places to grow up in England’.
Webinar: Launch of new guidance on Short Notice Applications in Public Law Family Cases. 4th November 2026.
Kinship say relatives are given just minutes to keep children out of care, then left without support
NSPCC and MPs highlight need for action against Big tech companies
Councils highlight shortage of accommodation for Domestic Abuse victims
LGA say costs of supporting children in care is rising by £1 billion a year
ADCS comments on launch of government’s national foster carer recruitment campaign.
Brett Dixon becomes 182nd President of the Law Society.
Children’s Commissioner publishes ‘The Childhood Lottery: The hardest places to grow up in England’.
Webinar: Launch of new guidance on Short Notice Applications in Public Law Family Cases. 4th November 2026.
Kinship say relatives are given just minutes to keep children out of care, then left without support
NSPCC and MPs highlight need for action against Big tech companies
Councils highlight shortage of accommodation for Domestic Abuse victims
LGA say costs of supporting children in care is rising by £1 billion a year

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Articles16 March 2017

Civil Partnerships and Marriage: Labels or a state of mind?

David Bedingfield , barrister, 4 Paper Buildings Published: 16th March 2017 The concept of "marriage" has been with us at least since partially clad Anglo-Saxons roamed this green and pleasant isle, according to the historian Stephanie Coontz. She tells us in Marriage, A…

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