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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 that the ...

17 Mar 2022 at 12:55

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: 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 strip-searched after ...

22 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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 teenager – referred to only as ...

27 Mar 2022 at 09:55

Police forces asked to provide figures on strip-searches of children

The Children’s Commissioner has asked all police forces in England and Wales to provide figures on how many children have been strip-searched by officers since 2018. Dame Rachel de Souza has written to all forces requesting ...

14 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Almost one thousand police officers are operating in UK schools, figures show

Almost one thousand police officers are operating in schools across the UK, figures show, with a charity warning of a “deeply concerning” and “normalised” police presence. Some 979 police officers are based in schools, ...

16 Jan 2023 at 13:16

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 ...

08 Aug 2022 at 16:18

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 ...

19 Mar 2022 at 19:55

Braverman’s call to ramp up stop and search ‘would cause further alienation’

The Home Secretary’s call to ramp up the use of stop and search would “further alienate and isolate” people, a former police chief and safeguarding expert has said. Jim Gamble said police must make “sensible and ...

20 Jun 2023 at 18:01

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

Three Met police officers to face misconduct hearing over Child Q search

Three Metropolitan Police officers will face a misconduct hearing later this year after allegedly exposing “intimate parts” of a 15-year-old girl during a search at her school. Trainee detective ...

28 Feb 2025 at 17:16

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