Pilot scheme hopes to discover patterns that will help prevent more deathsMeasures are being introduced to try to identify what is driving rising Read More
Aug 01, 2021
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Aug 01, 2021
Jimmy Savile: 10 years on, what has changed in uncovering abuse?
As TV revisits the scandal, the author of an acclaimed play about it asks what the media and key institutions have learned – and whether survivors are Read More
Jul 25, 2021
‘Our silence permits perpetrators to continue’: one woman’s fight to expose a father’s abuse
At 81, after years of suffering, Clare Devlin has joined the campaign to stop sex crime against children by revealing her own ordeal at the hands of Read More
Jul 21, 2021
The discredited legal tactic that’s putting abused UK children in danger | Charlotte Proudman
Our family courts are allowing perpetrators to use the bogus idea of ‘parental alienation’ to gain access to their victimsIn court custody battles Read More
Jul 10, 2021
Child benefit: HMRC faces calls to refund thousands of taxpayers
A tribunal ruling may let parents and carers reclaim backdated charges from the tax officeHMRC is facing calls to refund thousands of people it chased Read More
Jun 30, 2021
Pauline Latham MP picks up bill to end child marriage in England and Wales
MP to take over private member’s bill proposed by Sajid Javid to raise legal age to 18, after his promotion to health secretaryThe MP Pauline Latham Read More
Jun 29, 2021
Spain backs bill allowing teenagers to change official gender without medical checks
Equality minister says draft law marks ‘giant step forward for LGBTI rights, particularly trans people’Spain’s government has approved a draft law Read More
Jun 23, 2021
High court ruling on puberty blockers ‘based on partisan evidence’
Appeal judges hear NHS trust’s challenge to landmark judgment on gender reassignment for under-16sA landmark judgment that children under the age of Read More
Jun 19, 2021
One third of convicted sex offenders across England and Wales avoid prison
Adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 13 are among those who have not been jailedMinisters are facing demands to explain why Read More
Jun 16, 2021
All children to be taken from privately run Rainsbrook youth jail
Urgent transfers from facility needed after ‘very serious failings’ go unaddressed, justice secretary saysAll children will be removed from a Read More
May 30, 2021
Parents in UK prepare for legal action over A-level results
Teachers, unions and academics concerned at potential chaos over cancelled exams as parents prepare to challenge gradesParents who fear this summer’s Read More
May 28, 2021
Attempt to ban Kids Company trustees cost taxpayers £8m
Exclusive: Legal bill follows failed case brought by official receiver against Camila Batmanghelidjh and seven othersTaxpayers face a legal bill for Read More