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Fears over lack of teeth behind mandatory reporting duty
HUMAN RIGHTS

Fears over lack of teeth behind mandatory reporting duty

By Neil Merrick | 14 July 2025

Government plans to make it a mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse need to be backed up with an effective deterrent or sanctions, Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has said.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Preventing abuse from happening must be our ultimate goal

By Rachael Wardell | 04 July 2025

As leaders of children’s services prepare to gather for their annual conference next week, Rachae...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils warned to be 'open to scrutiny' in grooming gangs inquiry

By Martin Ford | 17 June 2025

There has been a ‘collective failure’ to address questions about the ethnicity of perpetrators wh...

POLITICS

Starmer announces grooming gangs statutory inquiry

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will launch a statutory inquiry into the grooming ga...

CHILD ABUSE

Abuse audit delayed

By Martin Ford | 03 June 2025

A nationwide audit of child abuse has been delayed, safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has confi...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA tells councils to hold fire on grooming response

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged councils not to respond to a request from a priv...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils could be forced into abuse inquiries

By Martin Ford | 29 April 2025

Councils could be forced to take part in local inquiries into child abuse.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Has the time passed for more inquiries?

By Rebecca Foulkes | 03 February 2025

Rebecca Foulkes asks if the Government’s new proposals are enough to combat grooming and child se...

CHILD ABUSE

Questions over grooming inquiries' legal backing

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025

Concern has been raised over the legal backing for local inquiries into child sexual exploitation.

POLITICS

Burnham backs 'limited' national grooming inquiry

By William Eichler | 10 January 2025

Greater Manchester Labour mayor Andy Burnham has voiced his support for a ‘limited’ national inqu...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Jay distances herself from fresh inquiry calls

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2025

The former head of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse has warned against ‘politicising’ t...

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