King Charles III has laid out the government’s plans for legislation impacting children and young people as part of his first King’s Speech as monarch.
Children’s rights campaigners have criticised a decision by MPs to back the Illegal Migration Bill, which gives the government powers to detain unaccompanied asylum-seeking children for up to three days without a court order.
Claire Coutinho, minister for children, families and wellbeing, has confirmed that the government’s implementation strategy for delivering reforms to children’s social care will be published early next year, rather than before Christmas as planned.