There is some excellent work going on, but too many children's homes simply aren't getting to the bottom of why young people go missing. To use the jargon, the state must be a 'corporate parent' to them. Put simply, that means to act the same way as any decent parent would.

In my opinion, youth unemployment is no longer a problem, but a disaster. When I saw the Battlefront job advertised I was attracted to it because it was a chance to use my journalistic skills and tackle a subject that has had a huge impact on me. It's something that had me feeling pretty low for a long time and I don't think it's fair young people should have to lower their expectations just because their environment or the economic climate they live in isn't prospering. I'm tackling youth unemployment because young people today are quickly becoming disillusioned with their lives and ambitions.

Two of Baby P's social workers have lost their appeal against an employment tribunal, which ruled on Friday that they were fairly sacked. Gillie Ch...

I look back to my training in 1996, with 21 others, and remember that very few unlike me had a great deal of animal experience. That's because it's the ability to use powers of persuasion, empathy and understanding for the protection of animals which are most important.