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‘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. In the ...

09 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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, who were ...

10 Jan 2022 at 01:25

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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 ...

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 ...

02 Nov 2022 at 17:26

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

Scotland

Ministers ‘won’t row back’ on free school meals for primary pupils, vows Robison

Free school meals will be brought in for all pupils in Scotland’s primary schools, the Deputy First Minister has insisted, although she said the Government is considering targeted help for secondary students. ...

04 May 2023 at 11:10

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 ...

25 May 2023 at 00:01

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. ...

09 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Children in Northern Ireland ‘deserve better’ – children’s commissioner

17 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland paramilitaries ‘coercing and sexually exploiting young people’

Paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland are subjecting young people to coercion, threats and sexual exploitation, a Westminster committee has heard. The region’s Children’s Commissioner Koulla ...

09 Nov 2022 at 13:44

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 ...

19 Aug 2024 at 10:59

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