The troubled inquiry into historical child abuse will finally be officially opened today. Its head, Judge Lowell Goddard, will give an opening statement to set out the “guiding principles”. The
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The sexual abuse of children has left “scars” on victims and society, the chair of the long-awaited independent inquiry into historical abuse has said. Judge Lowell Goddard, formally opening the
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Immigration detainees at the controversial Yarl’s Wood centre have required medical treatment after self-harming on average more than once a week in the last two years, official figures show. The
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The Government will refuse to provide further public funds to a children’s charity unless its high-profile head steps down, according to reports. Kids Company chief executive Camila Batmanghelidjh is under
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The Government’s planned £200 million cuts to public health budgets will harm the nation’s health, a number of leading charities and organisations have warned. In a letter to The Times,
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Charity campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh has denied her Kids Company charity is badly run amid reports the Government is pressuring her to stand aside. Ms Batmanghelidjh (pictured) told the BBC Radio
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Anti-poverty campaigners have voiced deep concern over Government plans to ditch legal requirements to lift children out of relative poverty. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced plans to
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Ministers have come under attack for failing to include enough detail in legislation doubling the amount of free childcare parents can get for three and four-year-olds. The Labour and Liberal
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More than half of households in the UK receive more from the state in welfare payments and pensions than they pay in tax, according to a new report. The 51.5%
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Figures the Government said showed 2.3 million children were classed as living in relative poverty, the lowest level since the 1980s, have sparked controversy. The Department for Work and Pensions
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