The “killer clown” craze sweeping the UK has led to a deluge of calls to Childline from youngsters left terrified by the sinister phenomenon sweeping the UK. In just one
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Almost seven in every 10 calls to the NSPCC’s helpline over the last year were serious enough to be referred to the police and councils amid rising reports of neglect
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A couple who failed to prevent their grandchildren being placed for adoption were threatened with jail after information relating to the youngsters appeared on Facebook. Social services bosses at Central
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The quality of help and protection offered to at-risk children across England is “unsatisfactory and inconsistent”, a report has found. The chair of an influential House of Commons committee said
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Councils are spending 10% more on social work services than almost a decade ago, with expenditure on helping vulnerable youngsters and their families increasing by more than a fifth. Spending
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Calls to a charity helpline about suspected child abuse and neglect which were then referred on to police or social services have risen 58% in the past three years. Concerns
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The Care Inspectorate has today published a statistical summary of social work expenditure and activity for Scotland covering the period 2006/7 to 2014/15. It shows that general spending on social
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A former carer at a Catholic children’s home has been found to have been part of a sadistic and vindictive regime of abuse involving nuns, priests and a paedophile Scout
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A 13-year-old girl whose violent behaviour caused concern has gone into local authority care after social workers told a Family Court judge that her mother and stepfather had not “implemented
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A 17-year-old boy who police feared would head to Syria to wage jihad has been kept alive following an “extraordinary level” of local authority intervention, a High Court judge has
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