Nick Martin

Sky News | Royal Television Society Specialist Journalist of the Year Winner | Foreign Press Association Award Winner

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

The story the state did not want told - the girl in care who foretold her death. https://t.co/DOhvhRFMkL

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

“He’s bobbins, isn’t he’ - my film from Manchester on PMs future.

https://t.co/u2kdmiMjq9

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

LATEST VIDEO: Has Sir Keir Starmer run out of road? https://t.co/32DszfT7xP via @YouTube

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

Three reasons why Labour lost in Tameside - what a day with voters told me about how much politics is changing. https://t.co/cLGGCDLMod

[Chris Wild @ccwild79]

I attended the funeral of a young care leaver who took his own life. I didn’t know him personally, but I was asked to attend and I went out of respect.

What struck me most was the absence of anyone from the local authority. When tragedies like this happen, there should be a duty for someone in power to be there—to acknowledge the life lost, to show respect, and to recognise responsibility.

I don’t believe we need yet another review costing who knows how much, only for nothing meaningful to change afterwards. We already know there are serious failures. What’s missing is action.

Care experience should be recognised as a protected characteristic. @NickMartinSKY @TerryGalloway @JoshMacAlister

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Chair of the government review into deaths of vulnerable care leavers, @AshleyJBaptiste, speaks to Sky's Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY about his experiences as a care leaver and what he hopes to achieve with this work ⬇️

[Sky News @SkyNews]

More than two care leavers are dying per week in England.

@NickMartinSKY speaks to Children’s Minister @JoshMacAlister as the government launches a review into care leaver deaths, prompted in part by a Sky News documentary into the death of care leaver Nonita Grabovskyte ⬇️

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England’s foster carers are leaving the system.

When a child is seriously injured in foster care an investigation is triggered, but is the system stacked against carers when an allegation occurs?

▶️ Watch the report from @NickMartinSKY: https://t.co/5nfBfw1DUI

[NUPFC @nupfc]

Calling foster care “not a job” while pushing “reform” has devastated carers nationwide. Anger is boiling over, morale is collapsing, and recruitment & retention will suffer. Language matters.
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Analysis from people and politics correspondent @NickMartinSKY | An uncomfortable truth must be confronted to turn the tide on foster care ⬇️

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[myautismworlduk @myautismworlduk]

Council accused of 'toxic culture of secrecy and cover-up' after death of Nonita Grabovskyte https://t.co/9pzdrzGa1R @NickMartinSKY i have more information about adult social care failings by barnet council along with three upheld complaints awarded by the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman however they still continue not to provide the right care or at times any care at all. would you be so kind to DM so we can Discuss this further

[🌹Lampard Inquiry - Essex Mental Health @MelanieLeahy]

Unseen: A Girl called Nonita
Don't miss the powerful documentary from Sky News revealing the life, death and inquest of 18 year old Nonita Grabovskyte whilst in the care of the London Borough of Barnet.

The inquest concluded that a catalogue of serious systemic failings by her “corporate parent” and other agencies contributed to Nonita’s death.

https://t.co/o7LsISubFU

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

@HinckleyHammer @Apple @DPD_UK_Support @dpd_uk Sorry to hear that, Steve. I hope you got it resolved.

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

Bought an Apple watch for a Christmas present. Just opened the box and found this! Has anyone ever experienced anything like this. The bar of soap is similar weight to the product that was meant to me inside. Is this a regular scam! @Apple @DPD_UK_Support @dpd_uk

[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

So frustrating

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

@WilliamBAADLDN Did you forget your Pin?

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Belgian PM Bart De Wever has visited Downing Street to discuss the country's role in the war in Ukraine with its frozen assets from Russia.

Sky's @NickMartinSKY asked De Wever if the country 'holds the key to the future of Ukraine'.

🔗 https://t.co/e5GfvyWtK0

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

Following our film, A Girl Called Nonita, an urgent council meeting is being held tonight at 7pm in Barnet. Councillors have accused the leadership of a cover up and are demanding resignations. You can watch what’s said, here: https://t.co/DaJ3lzPX2Q

[Chris Wild @ccwild79]

My worry is this. Last night I sat with 28 incredible young people in Peterborough — all aged 16–18, all in the care system, all living alone or in housing projects and trying to survive the best they can. Their strength moved me deeply, but what hit me hardest was that not a single one of them has any faith left in this government. Not one. They’ve been failed too many times.

And then I had to deliver news that felt like another blow, that the Minister — someone I know personally and respect — will not continue to pursue making care experience a protected characteristic. I explained our amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing Bill- Extending corporate parenting, but changing the wording from being alert to having due regard. Because thats the difference between life and death.

This was just one room. One group. But there are thousands of young people like them across the country who have been let down yet again. I will keep travelling, meeting them, and offering what apology I can — though we all know an apology can’t fix what they’re living through.

What frightens me most is this, some of these young people may not be here next year if nothing changes. And that should keep every single one of us awake at night.

@JoshMacAlister @helenhayes_ @darrenpaffey @ChrisLawSNP @annelongfield @NickMartinSKY @SkyNews

[Nick Martin @NickMartinSKY]

“None of these tragic deaths would have been disclosed had Sky News not exposed the situation.” Much soul searching following our film about the life and death of Nonita Grabovskyte. https://t.co/rQl3avfQgk

[Chris Wild @ccwild79]

Last year, 91 young people who left care took their own lives. That’s just the number we know about — and we all know there are more. This is why I will never stop fighting to make care experience a protected characteristic alongside my friend and colleague Terry Galloway, and together we will not stop.

The government already has the evidence. It has the data. It has the stories. So the question is no longer what do we need? — it’s how many more lives have to be lost before action is taken?

I have huge respect for colleagues in government, including Josh MacAlister, and I know he is working hard to support this movement. But extending corporate parenting alone is not enough. Not even close.

It is time — long past time — to listen to people with lived experience. Because children in care are not broken. The system is. And until that truth is acted on, more young people will be failed, and more families will be grieving when they shouldn’t have to. @SkyNews @NickMartinSKY @TerryGalloway