A 50-year-old woman whose son has been taken into local authority care was arrested and held in custody for 30 hours after failing to hand over his passport. Social services
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Family courts need to stop believing the “myth” that men with a history of abusing women can be good fathers, an MP has said. Labour’s Angela Smith said the “discredited”
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Three children whose loving parents have “insurmountable” learning difficulties must be placed for adoption, a family court judge has ruled. Judge Anthony Cleary said council social services staff had worked
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A High Court judge is set to analyse evidence at a trial after social services staff asked for help protecting a vulnerable teenage girl they say is being sexually exploited
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Scammers who target the elderly should face tougher criminal sentences, a Conservative MP has demanded. Nusrat Ghani (Weldon) has called for a new criminal offence of elder-abuse to be created
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The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has been asked to make decisions about the future of a three-year-old girl who has been at the centre of
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Disabled children are almost twice as likely to fall victim to crime as other youngsters, a new report warns. Research by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that 22%
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Ministers have defended the care system after a former Liberal Democrat MP said council social services departments in England and Wales were “under pressure” to get children adopted. John Hemming,
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A controversial lifetime ban on gay men donating blood in Northern Ireland has been lifted. The decision by Stormont Health Minister Michelle O’Neill comes after a long campaign by gay
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A judge has banned journalists from reporting on a deportation case involving a teenager – despite it already receiving widespread press attention. The youngster is currently fighting to remain in
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