child protection policy
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.
ContactPoint launches after months of delays
Children & Young People Now, 26 January 2009
After months of delays, the government has today launched the first implementation phase of the children's database, ContactPoint.
Parents to be fingerprinted by nursery schools
Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2008
Up to 50 nurseries and playgroups have already signed up for the new security measures, thought to be the first time parents have been targetted in this way.
I may be paranoid, but they are watching us
The Times (London), 24 October 2008
The State's growing mania for gathering information is turning us into a nation of suspects and informers. By Camilla Cavendish.
More open justice for families in the courts
The Times (London), 20 October 2008
Jack Straw wants family courts to face public scrutiny as criticism mounts from parents whose children are taken into care.
A moving response to our campaign
The Times (London), 17 July 2008
The Times' call for an end to secrecy in family courts has produced a huge reaction. By Camilla Cavendish.
Failings ‘put divorce children at risk of abuse’
The Times (London), 28 May 2008
A backlog of cases is leaving children vulnerable, particularly in family breakdowns involving domestic violence and abuse.
Striving for maturity without pain
The Times (London), 28 May 2008
The service set up to represent the voice of children in the courts has long been a target for attack from aggrieved parents.
‘Paedophile scares are always driven by the elite’
spiked, 19 May 2008
As the Jersey children’s home ‘bone’ turns out to be a piece of coconut, Richard Webster tells spiked the case reveals much about moral panics. By Brendan O’Neill.
ID mix-up puts mum on school blacklist
The Express, 12 May 2008
A mother told of her shock last night after being branded a violent, alcoholic drug dealer.
Boarding school ‘may harm children’
Observer, 11 May 2008
MPs to investigate social and emotional impact of separating young children from their parents.
Fears for children at risk as care order applications fall by a third
The Times (London), 6 May 2008
Children at risk of abuse or neglect face even greater danger because of a new system designed to cut costs and speed up care proceedings, the Government has been warned.
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