The number of children referred to Barnardo's fostering services has shot up by 36% in the last 12 months leading to a shortage of foster carers, according to the charity.
Restaurant spending edged higher for the first time since the start of the pandemic in August according data from Barclaycard pointing to a bumper month for the consumer economy.
Boris Johnson is expected to raise national insurance by about 1.2% to pay for a pledge to end the "catastrophic costs" of social care, a move Tory MPs claim amounts to a £10bn tax...
