The number of children in England identified through a social work assessment as either having or being at risk of FGM has more than doubled in a year, councils have said after recently published figures allowed annual trends to be analysed for the first time.
Father jailed after threatening family court judge
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Covid inquiry unearths more school pandemic ‘chaos’
The government lacked “leadership and determination” to get children back to school as lockdowns were lifted, Baroness Anne Longfield, the former children’s commissioner, has told the Covid inquiry.
20% increase in ‘draconian’ Deprivation of Liberty orders over the last 12 months
Deprivation of Liberty orders vastly outnumber applications to place children in registered secure accommodation as a severe shortage of secure children’s homes bites say The