child protection policy
Pupils coordinating false teacher claims on web
The Times (London), 17 June 2009
Teaching unions claim number of baseless allegations on the rise as hundreds of careers are left in tatters every year.
Social services deny dying mother’s wish
The Times (London), 15 June 2009
A woman whose children are fostered has been told that her contact with them will be reduced because her health is failing.
Nursery shut in child porn images inquiry
The Times (London), 10 June 2009
Woman arrested on suspicion of distributing indecent images of children.
Mother ‘too stupid’ to keep child
Sunday Times (London), 31 May 2009
A woman has been forbidden from seeing her three-year-old daughter because she is not 'clever enough' to look after her.
Care system ‘is failing vulnerable children’
The Times (London), 20 April 2009
MPs say that standards in foster and residential care are governed by luck and that reforms have not led to improvements.
‘Families risk losing children’ in aid cuts
The Times (London), 15 April 2009
Parents accused of abuse may be forced to represent themselves in court under proposed £6.5m cuts to family legal aid.
Security flaws halt work on child database
The Times (London), 24 March 2009
Internet database designed to hold details of Britain's 11m children found to be failing the vulnerable, The Times learns.
10 government databases ‘will break the law’
Sunday Times, 22 March 2009
At least 10 of the giant government databases built or planned by ministers unlawfully breach privacy, according to a report.
Lord Laming report: ‘We must never leave children in danger just to save a £4,000 fee’
The Times (London), 13 March 2009
A £4,000 court fee for taking a child into care that was introduced last May could be scrapped under reforms to avoid a repeat of the Baby P tragedy.
Early alert is key to protecting lives, says health regulator
Sunday Times, 13 March 2009
Doctors, nurses and health visitors must do more to protect children and raise “early alerts” over suspected violence or child abuse, the health regulator says.
Good mother, not big brother
The Times (London), 28 January 2009
A central bank of information will help vulnerable children, not harm secure ones. By Alice Miles.
Alarm over security of children’s database
The Times (London), 27 January 2009
Parents, security experts and opposition parties have voiced alarm that 400,000 people are to be given access to a new national database containing details of all 11 million children living in England.
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