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Charities condemn ‘shocking’ child strip searches by Met Police

Charities have condemned the “shocking” number of children who have been strip searched by the Metropolitan Police without an appropriate adult present. The overwhelming response to what they describe as the forces’s “appalling” actions comes after ...

08 Aug 2022 at 12:11

Hundreds of children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met – figures

More than 600 children underwent “intrusive and traumatising” strip-searches by the Metropolitan Police over a two-year period, with black boys disproportionately targeted, figures show. Some 650 10 to 17-year-olds were strip-searched by Met ...

08 Aug 2022 at 16:18

Child Q case ‘deeply distressing’, says Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that reports of the strip search of Child Q were “deeply distressing and deeply concerning”. Child Q was strip-searched by female Metropolitan Police officers at her school in 2020 without another adult ...

23 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Sadiq Khan pushes for ‘gross misconduct’ for officers in Child Q case

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for the officers who strip searched a black schoolgirl while on her period to be charged with gross misconduct after a report found racism had a role in their decision. A safeguarding report found ...

17 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Policing minister criticised for ‘lack of urgency’ over Child Q strip search

The policing minister has been criticised for a “distinct lack of urgency” after repeatedly saying the Government must wait for the outcome of a police watchdog report into the strip search of a black schoolgirl. Kit Malthouse said ...

21 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Demonstrators protest over strip-search of black schoolgirl who was on period

Demonstrators took to the streets in central London to protest against racism after a report revealed a black schoolgirl had been strip searched on her period. A crowd marched on Whitehall on Saturday demanding an end to racial ...

19 Mar 2022 at 19:55

Schools’ impartiality guidance has ‘chilling effect’ on discussions of extremism

The Government’s political impartiality guidance for schools is already having a “chilling effect” on discussions of controversial topics in schools, a union leader has said. Patrick Roach, Nasuwt general secretary, said that ...

16 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Hundreds of protesters demand justice for Child Q outside London police station

Hundreds of protesters have demanded justice for a black teenage girl who was strip-searched at school by police. The 15-year-old, known as Child Q, was searched by Metropolitan Police officers – who knew she was ...

18 Mar 2022 at 22:55

Sadiq Khan: Met bosses not providing support London needs after Child Q case

The Metropolitan Police’s leadership are not providing the support Londoners need in the wake of the Child Q scandal, the Mayor of London has said. Sadiq Khan said the case of the 15-year-old schoolgirl, who was ...

22 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Ofsted is ‘failed project’ – union chief

The president of the National Education Union has said that Ofsted “is and always has been a failed project” and was “absent without leave during the pandemic”. Speaking at the NEU’s annual conference in ...

11 Apr 2022 at 11:25

Education Secretary vows ‘tougher guidelines’ after Child Q’s strip-searching

“Much tougher guidelines” will be introduced in response to the “hugely distressing” strip-searching of the black schoolgirl referred to as Child Q, the Education Secretary has vowed. Nadhim Zahawi said ...

27 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Home Office adviser says Child Q case ‘should horrify us all’

A Government adviser on violence against women said the strip-searching of a 15-year-old black schoolgirl should “horrify us all”. Protests and political condemnation erupted after it emerged the ...

27 Mar 2022 at 09:55

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