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Young people in Northern Ireland ‘deserve better’ – children’s commissioner

Children and young people deserve better from government, the children’s commissioner has said. The Stormont Assembly is unable to function after the DUP refused to nominate ministers or a speaker as part of a protest against the Northern Ireland ...

17 Nov 2022 at 12:33

System for moving asylum-seeking children out of hotels ‘simply cannot cope’

The system for moving lone asylum-seeking children out of hotels and into long-term care placements is “overloaded” and “simply cannot cope”, a council leader has warned. Society “cannot and should not” have such children staying in hotels, said ...

02 Nov 2022 at 17:26

Some children in care ‘missing from school and becoming invisible’

Some young people in care are being failed and allowed to become “invisible” to the services which should be supporting them, the Children’s Commissioner has said. More than 1,000 school-age children in England who had been in care for at least ...

25 May 2023 at 00:01

Police face ‘big job’ safeguarding children in strip searches, says commissioner

Police forces face a “big job” adopting a safeguarding-first approach towards child strip searches, the Children’s Commissioner has said. Dame Rachel de Souza has warned policymakers that some searches may be unnecessary, after her research ...

19 Aug 2024 at 10:59

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 ...

08 Aug 2022 at 16:18

Next UK leader must be prime minister of families, children’s commissioner urges

The next leader of the UK must be “the prime minister of families”, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Growing up in a stable, loving family “is probably even more important than education” in transforming children’s ...

01 Sept 2022 at 15:19

Call to put family at centre of policy-making

The Government is being urged to put family at the centre of policy-making, and will be told by the Children’s Commissioner for England that “investing in family is the single greatest investment you can make”. Dame Rachel de ...

01 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Disposables vapes must be banned to protect children – commissioner

Disposable vapes must be banned and others sold in plain packaging to curtail the “Wild West market” in e-cigarettes which is damaging young people, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Dame Rachel de Souza said ...

09 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Commissioner: Close loophole allowing children to access online pornography

Online platforms that “deliberately push workarounds” to children, allowing them to access pornography, will face “tough enforcement and heavy fines”, the Government has said. But a spokesperson added there are no plans to ...

19 Aug 2025 at 09:50

Minister: I assume police have very good reasons to conduct child strip-searches

A Home Office minister said he would “assume” police have “very good reasons” to conduct child strip-searches after a report warned of safeguarding failures. Conservative frontbencher Lord Sharpe of Epsom faced groans ...

27 Mar 2023 at 17:03

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 ...

08 Aug 2022 at 12:11

Northern Ireland

New Northern Ireland children’s commissioner appointed

Northern Ireland’s next children’s commissioner has been appointed by the Secretary of State in the absence of a functioning Stormont Assembly. Chris Heaton-Harris announced that Chris Quinn will take up the post as ...

21 Jun 2023 at 17:49

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