The Government must address a “big gap” between its position on the Dubs child refugee scheme and evidence submitted by local councils and campaigners, MPs say. Ministers faced a storm
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A boy removed from his mother’s care after she took the drug GHB must be placed for adoption, a High Court judge has ruled. The woman had been seen “staggering
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A report which concluded that senior detectives investigating the death of 13-month-old Poppi Worthington were “unstructured and disorganised” has left her mother “profoundly disappointed and distressed”, say her lawyers. The
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The Scottish Government is to bring forward a new law to criminalise the emotional abuse and neglect of children. Childcare and Early Years Minister Mark McDonald announced the move in
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The Government has backed down over plans which critics claimed would have weakened protections for vulnerable children. Education Secretary Justine Greening has dropped proposals in the Children and Social Work
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The mother of murdered April Jones has warned “anything can trigger” dangerous sexual predators amid suggestions viewing child abuse images should not always lead to prosecution. A senior police officer
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A council has lost a legal bid to gain parental rights over a child whose parents have learning difficulties. The child’s parents appealed to the UK Supreme Court after Scotland’s
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A study by seven British universities has revealed significant inequalities in child welfare across the UK, with children in the poorest areas 10 times more likely than those in the
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Children are not being taken seriously when they report violent and sexual crimes, the Government’s victims tsar has warned. Criminal justice agencies are at risk of failing youngsters who feel
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The Duchess of Cambridge will visit Wales today for her first engagements with Action for Children since becoming the charity’s patron. Kate became patron of the charity, which cares for
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