The MP for Chesterfield said the death of a 10-month-old boy in his constituency was “shocking” but “unsurprising” due to “failures across the system” in social services and the courts.
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Hundreds of children in care have been left “isolated” after being moved so far away from their home that they are in a different nation of the UK, Parliament heard.
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A mother and father jailed for leaving their morbidly obese daughter to die in bed-ridden squalor have had their sentences increased to eight years and 10 years respectively at the
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Children and young people who have suffered sexual or domestic abuse risk not getting the help they need due to a gap in support from local authorities, a charity has
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Safeguarding concerns about pupils have risen since the pandemic, the vast majority of teachers surveyed for new research have said. The increases mainly covered neglect and emotional abuse, according to
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The case of a 10-month-old baby who was murdered by his parents just 39 days after being placed back into their care is to be reviewed by social services. Finley
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A cruel mother and father have been convicted of the “savage and brutal” Christmas Day murder of their baby son after burning and beating him “in repeated acts of severe
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A total of 21 people have been found guilty of their roles in one of the biggest child sex abuse cases to be investigated by West Midlands Police. Seven victims,
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Suella Braverman has been warned that sexual predators do not just come from “one background” and that a focus solely on race could create new “blind spots” when tackling child
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The Home Secretary has blamed “political correctness” for authorities failing to tackle grooming gangs, as she pledged to put people working with children in England under a new legal duty
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