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This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereKemi Badenoch has said it would be “pathetic” for Keir Starmer to postpone the vote on the UC and Pip bill. She posted this on social media, as a comment on the tweet from Kitty Donaldso…
Exclusive: Barnardo’s says number of family hubs and children’s centres has plummeted – with ‘postcode lottery of support’Community support for struggling families in England has declined significantly over the past 15 years, with data revealing that t…
Call for root-and-branch reform of treatment of children, many of whom are wrongly classified as adults Decisions relating to lone child asylum seekers should be removed from Home Office officials because of fundamental problems with the way they treat…
Author of grooming report cautions against misuse of limited data finding ‘over-representation’ of Asian heritage men The public must “keep calm” over the ethnicity of grooming gang offenders, the author of a high-profile report has urged, saying polic…
Parliament votes on biggest shake-up to reproductive rights in England and Wales in 60 yearsCasey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data sharing between departments.But she says there is a need to consider ma…
Public inquiry will examine repeated failures that prevented abuse against children being properly investigatedCasey report forces Starmer’s hand on issue that has haunted Labour for decadesA culture of “blindness, ignorance and prejudice” led to repea…
Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, admitted seven counts of cruelty and was convicted of another 14 offences A 22-year-old nursery worker has been convicted of abusing 21 babies, including kicking one little boy in the face and stepping on his shoulder duri…
Failings of UK institutions to protect young girls from grooming gangs will remain high on political agenda for yearsLouise Casey’s decision to recommend a national inquiry into grooming gangs has forced Keir Starmer’s hand on an issue that has haunted…
Requirement made as review finds ‘over-representation’ of Asian men among grooming gang suspectsUK politics live – latest updatesYvette Cooper has condemned damning failures by the authorities to protect children from grooming gangs as she announced th…
Excavation crews begin sealing off site in Tuam, Co Galway, before full-scale dig starts on 14 JulyPreliminary work aimed at identifying the remains of nearly 800 infants is starting on the site in Tuam, Co Galway, as Ireland continues to wrestle with …