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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

‘Striking’ lack of data on England’s missing children – report

There is no accurate data on how many children there are in England, a report from the Children’s Commissioner has revealed. The report argues that this means vulnerable pupils could fall through the cracks and miss out on crucial support. ...

09 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Poorest pupils up to eight months behind their peers, MPs warn

Disadvantaged pupils in poor areas could be up to eight months behind their peers in aspects of their education following the pandemic, MPs have warned. A new report from the Commons Education Select Committee, published on Thursday, said ...

10 Mar 2022 at 23:25

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 Souza has ...

01 Sept 2022 at 01:01

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

Children 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 ...

17 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Daughter of political refugees to be Wales’ new children’s commissioner

A woman who fled Chile with her parents as a baby and went on to study at Cambridge University has been named the new children’s commissioner for Wales. Rocio Cifuentes arrived in the country as a one-year-old with her parents, ...

10 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Woman behind Big Noise project to be appointed Children’s Commissioner

The Scottish Parliament looks set to appoint a new Children and Young People’s Commissioner. MSPs are expected to vote on Wednesday to back Nicola Killean to replace the incumbent Bruce Adamson, who is coming to the end of his ...

24 Apr 2023 at 16:31

Police need ‘draconian’ powers to strip-search children, says minister

Police need “draconian” powers to carry out strip-searches of children, a Home Office minister said as she rejected calls to outlaw the “abhorrent” practice. Sarah Dines was accused by Labour MPs of seeking to “downplay or ...

28 Mar 2023 at 14:32

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

Police strip-searches of children are ‘racist and traumatising’, say charities

Charities have criticised the findings of a report on police strip-searching of children as “shameful” and called for officer training to be reviewed in order to ensure young people are kept safe. The breakdown of ...

26 Mar 2023 at 23:01

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