Councils should not operate blanket policies of deducting child benefit from those receiving means-tested special guardianship allowance, says Ombudsman Background This complaint relates to the experience of Miss B, a special guardian for her grandchild who is referred to as C in the Ombudsman’s decision. Initially, C lived with their grandmother under a child arrangements … Read more
Local authority applied statutory guidance selectively and wrongly refused to accept care leaver’s complaint because of passage of time Background This decision concerns a young adult referred to by the Ombudsman as C*. His complaint was made by a representative, Ms B, who is a legal adviser. [*In the Ombudsman’s decision, C is referred to … Read more
Article 39 has today (6 December 2019) submitted a request for a freedom of information (FOI) internal review to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), which has refused to release details of very serious child abuse in an unnamed child prison. Our probing follows the publication of the PPO’s annual report in October. It contained … Read more