A Panorama investigation to be broadcast on 17 August will report the findings of the first in-depth research project about the effect of confinement on domestic abuse. Two-thirds of those living with their abuser told Women's Aid that the violence towards them worsened and three-quarters said that it was harder to escape because of the lockdown.
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Surrogacy reform moves up the agenda
Surrogacy reform has moved a step closer with the news that the government met the Law Commission last month to discuss recommendations which had appeared to
Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel publish Annual Report
On 12 December 2024 the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published its ‘Independent annual report for serious child safeguarding incidents, 2023 to 2024’. Read the
Plan to register children not in school takes shape
A register to identify children who are not in school in England will be part of a bill introduced to Parliament on Tuesday. Read the
