The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on children referred to Prevent – the government’s counter extremism programme. The report is based on analysis of Home Office data and...
The Centre for Young Lives has published its annual State of the Nation report, collating data and indicators to track trends in poverty, mental health, education, safeguarding, housing, special educational...
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) has published a report on the scale and nature of child sexual abuse in England and Wales. The report includes an analysis of official data for...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Households in Temporary Accommodation has published a report on child deaths in temporary accommodation in England. The report analyses data from the National Child Mortality...
The Home Office has launched its plan to reduce knife crime in the UK, aiming to halve it within a decade. The plan explores how the government proposes to tackle knife crime through: supporting young people so they get...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published findings from an independent report reviewing evidence on the effects of screen use by children under 5-years-old. The Early Years Screen Time Advisory Group report draws...
The think-tank founded by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield is to launch a “vulnerability index” aimed at becoming the go-to national dataset for policymakers seeking to improve outcomes for...
Keir Starmer promises help for parents in limiting children’s online activity as government issues guidance to families
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The 2026 update to Working Together To Safeguard Children guidance will feel familiar at first glance, but that familiarity risks masking a significant shift in expectations. The publication does not introduce a...
The Department for Education (DfE) has updated Working together to safeguard children, its statutory guidance on multi-agency working to safeguard children in England. The guidance applies to all organisations and...
The House of Commons Library has published a research briefing on how the family courts in England and Wales address issues of domestic abuse in child arrangements cases. The briefing provides an overview of:...
The junk food ad ban intended to curb childhood obesity will affect only 1% of the £2.4bn spent annually on advertising food and drink, and may prove a “paper tiger”, ministers have been told. Read the full article on...
NSPCC Learning has published a CASPAR briefing summarising the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s national review into the broader safeguarding issues raised by the death of baby Victoria Marten. The national...
