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08 May Home affairs

Despite being firmly in a pre-election period, there’s still time for MPs to be making change.

23 Apr Home affairs

"Devastating" Report Shows Thousands Of Children Under Six Being Sexually Abused Online

The Security Minister and the Internet Watch Foundation have urged technology firms to take "urgent action", as a "devastating" new report shows the extent of online sexual abuse and grooming being carried out against children under the age of six.

01 Apr Social affairs

Former Education Minister Says Childcare Needs Boost For Students And Disadvantaged Families

Chair of the Education Select Committee Robin Walker has said Government childcare measures must go further to support families and the early years sector, urging the government to expand provisions to graduate students and disadvantaged groups.

31 Mar Social affairs

Parents Could Be Left "Disappointed" By Free Childcare Expansion

The founder of an influential parenting charity has said that the free childcare expansion promised by Government could leave parents “really disappointed” if they do not see a significant fall in their childcare costs.

01 Mar Social affairs

Urgent action is needed to fix failing children’s social care

On 27 February, MPs on the Education Select Committee began hearing oral evidence as part of their enquiry into children’s social care.

05 Feb Communities

We are investing in childcare like never before – but the system could be simpler

Do not mess with sleep-deprived mums and dads juggling kids and expensive childcare. That was my main message to anybody who would listen when I was pitching for an improved offer. I think I will now add – do not mess with sleep-deprived Conservative MPs. I and others are on the warpath to champion families and the early years sector.

01 Feb Education

Banning children from social media would be short-sighted

Reaction to the announcement shortly after the passage of the Online Safety Act that the Prime Minister was considering banning social media for under-16s was something of a mixed bag.

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29 Jan Foreign affairs

Being there for every child

How we can create a brighter future at home and abroad

28 Jan Health

Miriam Cates interview: 'Marriage is essentially meaningless if it is easy to get out of'

Conservative MP Miriam Cates talks to Sienna Rodgers about population collapse, plus why she thinks all surrogacy should be outlawed and no-fault divorce was a ‘mistake’

27 Jan Communities

Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable

Demand is rising, costs are spiralling and profit-maximising private equity and sovereign wealth funds are piling in. The children’s care business is a huge policy failure that is dragging councils towards bankruptcy but, as Justine Smith reports, it is vulnerable children that are the real victims.

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27 Jan Education

'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview

Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’

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28 Nov 2023 Education

Action needed to support vulnerable children through primary-secondary school transitions

The number of children experiencing poor emotional wellbeing during their transition from primary to secondary school is rising rapidly, a leading educational psychology expert has warned.

30 Oct 2023 Health

Britain must turn the tide to ensure every child has access to nutritious food

Over the last few years, the movement to end child food poverty has snowballed. From grassroots campaigning to support from celebrities like Marcus Rashford, Olivia Colman and Kate Winslet, and government pledges to extend free school meals, the fight to give kids the best possible start in life has captured the hearts of the nation.

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26 Jul 2023 Health

BGC WELCOMES NEW CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL ADS AND MEASURES TO FURTHER PROTECT CHILDREN ONLINE

The Betting and Gaming Council welcomes new rules announced by Government to crack down on illegal ads online, and better protect young people from harm.

23 Jul 2023 Health

Inside the "barbaric" mental health units holding autistic adults and children

Nearly 2,000 adults and hundreds of children with learning disabilities or autism are being held in mental health units, with an average stay of more than five years, despite repeated abuse scandals. Justine Smith reports

20 Jul 2023 Political parties

Labour must ditch two-child benefit cap

Dubbed “the worst ever social security policy” by an eminent social policy professor, the two-child limit has become front page news.

04 Jul 2023 Education

Crisis in child mental health care combined with rising poverty is devastating for vulnerable children

There aren’t many good news stories around at the moment, but England’s academic performance is a rare shaft of light in the gloom.

22 Jun 2023 Foreign affairs

We must ensure the voices of children are heard when we discuss Ukraine's recovery

The UK Government, alongside the Government of Ukraine, is currently hosting the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London.

11 May 2023 Home affairs

Peer To Propose Child Exemption In Tough New Illegal Migration Law

Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs will table two amendments to the government’s Illegal Migration Bill, including calling for unaccompanied children to be exempt from being made inadmissible.

09 May 2023 Education

Children must be banned from accessing pornography under the Online Safety Bill

Children growing up today have never known life without access to the internet. Their interaction with technology is unrecognisable from previous generations.

27 Apr 2023 Health

There is a crisis in young people’s mental health and we must end the wait

“I ended up in hospital too many times and was often left feeling as though no help was ever going to come.”

24 Apr 2023 Home affairs

The long road to a trauma-informed criminal justice system

While both the Conservatives and Labour pursue a “tough on crime” rhetoric in their local election campaigns, in the background, Labour is working on a review on how to deliver the world’s first “trauma-informed criminal justice system” if it gets into government.

19 Apr 2023 Technology

Everything you need to know about the Online Safety Bill

The Online Safety Bill has had a long route through Parliament, now entering the committee stage in the House of Lords with amendments that span across more than 100 pages to be debated.

19 Apr 2023 Technology

Online Safety Bill "Could Pose Risk" To Balance Of Power Between Government And Tech Firms, Peer Warns

The Online Safety Bill risks trying to do too much too quickly while giving too much power to the secretary of state, according to a Conservative peer.