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Action is urgently needed to make sure children and young people detained in youth offending institutions and secure training centres are safe, council leaders say.

“The LGA has long called for fairer funding for all schools and for councils to be able to work with schools to set budgets that reflect local need."

“This report highlights the multiple factors that impact on children’s health and wellbeing, and demonstrates the importance of all agencies at local and national level considering how their policies and practice will impact on young people."

“We are pleased that the Government has recognised the importance of supporting the return of good experienced social workers back into the profession."

"This report rightly recognises the increased pressures facing local authorities when it comes to protecting vulnerable children."

Growing demand for support has lead to 75 per cent of councils in England overspending on their children’s services budgets by more than half a billion pounds.