The Rural Development Sub-Committee of the National Assembly for Wales has published a report on its inquiry into poverty and deprivation in rural Wales.

The National Assembly for Wales’ Enterprise and Learning Committee has launched a report on how best to provide support for people with dyslexia in Wales.

The First Minister has announced the Welsh Assembly Government's new legislative programme for 2008-9.

The Home Office has published its Youth Crime Action Plan which provides an analysis of what the UK Government is going to do to tackle youth crime.

The National Assembly for Wales has voted in favour of the final draft of the Vulnerable Children and Child Poverty Legislative Competence Order.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published research exploring the impact of new migration on receiving communities, in particular on community, integration and cohesion. Based on research carried out in Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil, it explores the perspectives of both new and settled residents.

People who commit sex offences against children abroad will face prosecution in the UK, even if that offence is not illegal in the foreign country it was committed.

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2008 is the official measure of deprivation for small areas in Wales.

Cafcass is recruiting new members for its Young People's Board and is looking for young people aged 8-18 who have experience of : family breakdown; adoption; family courts; living with relatives; or living with local authority carers.

A new member of staff at Children in Wales has started work to reduce the unintentional deaths and injuries of children and young people in Wales.

The Deputy Minister for Skills, John Griffiths, has announced a grant package of £7.5m for early years and schools in Wales to improve basic skills levels.

CAFCASS CYMRU is currently seeking expressions of interest in the provision of services which will meet the requirements of the Children and Adoption Act 2006, phase 2 which is being implemented on 28th November this year.

Jane Hutt, the Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, has ordered a review into school toilets amid concerns about health, hygiene and safety.

The Welsh Affairs Committee has published its report on the proposed Legislative Competence Order in Council (Social Welfare and Other Fields).

The Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Jane Davidson, has announced plans for a national cycle training standard across Wales in a bid to improve safety and the take-up of cycling amongst children and young people.

The Home Office and the Department for Children, Schools and Families have announced their intention for the UK Border Agency to have a legal duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as part of the forthcoming Immigration Bill, which will be introduced in the next parliamentary session.

Children in Wales is co-hosting an international conference, WorldForum2008, with International Forum for Child Welfare in Cardiff between the 29th September and the 1st October 2008. We are now recruiting volunteers to assist with the conference.

A plan to reduce the number of accidents that children in Wales have has been published by Children in Wales.

This international report is the fourth from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, a WHO collaborative cross-national study, and the most comprehensive.

The Welsh Assembly Government has published its Refugee Inclusion Strategy, setting out its vision for refugee inclusion in Wales.