Policy

We are among more than 150 organisations who are calling on the government to put children at the heart of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The joint statement is being published ahead of toda...

Rainbow Trust Children's Charity cautiously welcomes the announcement that families who are shielding may now leave their home if they wish, but urges the government to work more closely with the clin...

More than 236 MPs and peers from nine different political parties have come together to call for an urgent government package to support charities and other voluntary groups in light of the devastatin...

We warmly welcome the announcement of a new entitlement to Neonatal Leave and Pay in this week’s Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that employed parents whose babies spend an ‘extended period’ ...

Sustainable funding for children’s social care was conspicuously missing in this week’s Budget, although emergency funding is being established to help local authorities support vulnerable people affe...

The recent reshuffle of government ministers saw new appointments to two roles of significance for seriously ill children and their families.Helen Whately, MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, has been appo...