Brexit threatens children’s health with concerns over recruiting specialist doctors, report warns
23/01/2019
Brexit poses a real risk to the health of children in the UK, with concerns over recruiting specialist doctors and access to research funding, according to a new report.
No-deal Brexit could force Kent schools into ‘lockdown’ due to air pollution from traffic congestion
23/01/2019
'It is prudent that schools begin to plan for possibility of disruption following Brexit'
Britain faces expulsion from a medical network that helps to identify and treat conditions that affect tens of thousands.
Schools told to be ‘flexible’ in event of food shortages as councils and private sector step up no-deal planning.
Potential rising cost of quality ingredients could also mean the return of the Turkey Twizzler, caterers claim.
A school has reportedly sent its pupils home with a letter about how Brexit could affect a school trip - including everything from food to visas.
Work with European countries to prevent abuse and exploitation is vital, they say.
6-Year-Old Brit Tells Donald Tusk: 'I Know We Are Leaving The EU, But I Think We Should Be Friends'
13/03/2019
A six-year-old has written a sweet letter to the president of the European Council asking to be friends – despite the fact we’re leaving the EU.
Youngsters’ short stories imagine magical solutions to political crisis. / Brexit is the “children’s word of the year”, according to linguists at Oxford University Press (OUP).
The UK is one of the worst places in Europe for paid parental leave and affordable quality childcare, the UN's children's charity has said.
Operation Yellowhammer: diabetics and child cancer patients ‘to be hit hardest’ by no-deal Brexit
18/08/2019
Government concedes that it 'will not be practical to stockpile products to cover expected delays of up to six months'.
Legal school meal nutrition standards may need to be amended, or discarded, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to internal local council planning documents seen by the BBC.
Study finds children in England and Scotland experiencing rising racism and prejudice in public after Brexit vote.
The Home Office is preparing to end the current system of family reunification for asylum-seeking children if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Guardian has learned.
Thousands of vulnerable EU children risk falling foul to hostile environment due to ‘woefully inadequate’ support
02/09/2019
Lack of government funding to help children in care apply for EU settled status could leave many undocumented and without access to state care, charities warn.
UK researchers fear being blocked from EU-wide testing of treatments for diseases including rare childhood cancers.
EU children in custody to be stripped of rights as Home Office prevents them from applying for settled status
09/09/2019
Ministers are accused of subjecting EU children to ‘double punishment’.
Anger as Home Office confirms primary school children of EU citizens to be checked for criminal records
10/09/2019
Government says all applicants for EU settlement scheme aged 10 and over will be checked for criminal records – despite previously stating these checks would only apply only to over-18s.
Home Office ministers have been criticised for not spending millions of pounds of EU funding to help tackle problems areas such as food deprivation, homelessness and child poverty.
Bid to force Boris Johnson to act thrown out – despite charities warning youngsters are in danger as they are forced to turn to smugglers.
Boris Johnson's Brexit bill one step away from being finalised after completing passage through parliament
22/01/2020
Hard-fought EU withdrawal legislation now needs only Royal Assent to become law, clearing path for Brexit on 31 January.
"Families should be together," says Lord Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child and led peers' immigration bill revolt.
‘Untenable’: Child asylum seekers being held for days without access to beds or showers, watchdog warns
19/10/2020
System for dispersing child asylum seekers to local councils is ‘buckling’, says children’s commissioner.
Government Suffers Fourth Defeat On Post-Brexit Child Refugees' Rights – But Still Won't Budge
21/10/2020
"The only winners if we remove legal routes to safety for refugee children trying to reach family here are the criminals and the traffickers," says Lord Dubs.
Anger as US firm involved in detention of child migrants to run ‘border operations centre’
01/12/2020
Palantir must 'ensure the technology they are providing in no way contributes to abuses in the UK’, government told