Stronger laws to protect vulnerable children and people at risk of child cruelty, sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation have been announced in the Queen’s Speech. The Serious Crime Bill
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A baby who died while in the care of his drug addict parents may have lived if social workers had taken him into care from birth, a report has found.
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Dyfed-Powys Police are investigating an alleged assault on a child by a member of staff at a nursery in Carmarthenshire. Officers have confirmed they are investigating at Cylch Meithrin Cefneithin
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Courts should be required by law to ensure care arrangements are in place for children of prisoners, a charity has said. Barnardo’s has called for children of prisoners to be
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The number of children in care has increased by almost 50% in a decade, a new report on the changing shape of families has revealed. In 2011 there were 16,231
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The number of children calling ChildLine to confide in a counsellor about their parents’ drinking and drug abuse has doubled in the past year, the charity has revealed. The 24-hour
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Youngsters and their parents would benefit from changing Scotland’s “ambiguous” laws on smacking, children’s campaigners said. Jackie Brock, the chief executive of Children in Scotland, said the country is “increasingly
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Dundee City Council acted “correctly and promptly” to concerns about the abuse of pupils at Kingspark School, a review has found. Independent education consultant Alistair Marquis said he found “nothing
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A five-year project helping children and young people in Wales exposed to domestic violence and abuse has been awarded £2m by the Big Lottery Fund. It is the largest single
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The children’s watchdog for England said that their research into the operation of the United Kingdom asylum system had found hundreds of unaccompanied children and young people being left ‘in
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