An order published on Tuesday raises the fee paid to families who take older or disabled adults into their homes, for 2025 and 2026 at once. The fee is up 9.8 percent on 2024, and the 1991 law says it should be updated every year.
Assisted reproduction accounted for 4.9 percent of births in 2024, the national council says, 20 years after the law that governs it. Public centres carry out few donor treatments, and about 1,000 IVF cycles a year are for people living abroad.
Police logged 4,075 school incidents in 2025/26, up 4.6 percent, with 1,426 assaults and 60 weapons seized. Sexual offences and drug dealing rose too. Head teachers say schools need more psychologists and social workers.
The DGS lists what creches should stop serving, from Maria biscuits and rice drinks to growing-up milks, and asks them to give mothers a private place to breastfeed and to store expressed milk safely.
The council has 1.8 million euros for about 1,200 students with a Cascais tax address, on degree and CTeSP courses anywhere in Portugal. Applications go through MyCascais, in the student's own name, by 18:00 on 16 October.
Opinion No. 54 of the Ordem dos Médicos ethics council calls such a prescription possible and appropriate. It rests on medical confidentiality, the 1984 family planning law and the duty not to cause harm, while urging family conversations where possible.
The council confirms it has suspended school meals where money is owed since 21 September, and says it will review how families are told. Staff had phoned more than 50 parents, the father told the council.
