One in four people in England have worried about the welfare, neglect or abuse of a child, research shows. But more than two fifths of those with concerns did not
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Child sexual exploitation in Telford has received a “relative lack” of reporting compared to “more gossipy types of scandal”, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom has said. Concerns about the “priorities and
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Child sexual exploitation is a vile crime not exclusive to any one community, race or religion, the Government has said. Tory frontbencher Lord Young of Cookham was responding to claims
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The leader of Telford and Wrekin Council will call for the Home Secretary to launch an independent public inquiry into child sexual exploitation amid claims of up to 1,000 abuse
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The Government would be acting unconstitutionally if it stepped in to pay compensation to abuse victims in Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley has insisted. The Secretary of State said an intervention
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Officers investigating child sexual exploitation in Telford have said their approach has been “subject to independent scrutiny” after it was estimated up to 1,000 children could have fallen victim to
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Young white working class girls are being traded for sex in “a routine way”, Telford’s MP has told ministers. Tory Lucy Allan made the comment after it was estimated up
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The inquest into the death of schoolgirl Ellie Butler is to open on Monday, four and a half years after her father battered her to death at the family home.
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Telford’s MP has renewed her call for an inquiry into child sexual exploitation in the town, after it was estimated up to 1,000 children could have fallen victim to abusers
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The number of reported sexual offences on British railways including the Tube has doubled in five years. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showed there were 2,382 such
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