On 29 April 2021, four years after it was included in the Queen's Speech, the Domestic Abuse Bill received Royal Assent and was signed into law.
For the first time there will be a wide-ranging legal definition of domestic abuse which incorporates a range of abuses beyond physical violence, including emotional, coercive or controlling behaviour, and economic abuse.
The measures include new protections and support for victims ensuring that abusers will no longer be allowed to directly cross-examine their victims in the family and civil courts, and giving victims better access to special measures in the courtroom to help prevent intimidation, such as protective screens and giving evidence via video link.
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans
The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and
100 staff to transfer as another children’s charity joins Coram network
Family Lives, registered as a charity in 1999 under the name Parentline Plus, joined the Coram Group today, with its 150 volunteers also transferring to
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Read the full article in the Guardian here.