There has been a 300% increase in the number of victims of modern slavery referred for support in the past six years, and a huge increase in the number of men from Vietnam trafficked to work in illegal cannabis farms...
Alexis Jay: ‘If I see poor practice I will nail that’
There can be few people in social work better prepared than Professor Alexis Jay to lead the mammoth Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which started evidence hearings this week. Recounting the early days...
Longfield calls for action on ‘shockingly poor’ children’s mental health treatment
A generation of children will enter adulthood with mental health problems unless government takes urgent action to address the “shockingly poor” state of children’s mental health services...
One day, three news stories….and children’s rights.
I was struck by the irony behind three different news stories all reported on Monday July 20th 2015 and a common thread of children’s rights that implicitly linked them. Firstly, key messages to be delivered in...
Homophobia isn’t over yet
Britain has made great strides towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality since the turn of the century. We have gone from being the country with the largest number of anti-gay laws to...
UK global performance on children’s rights now one of the worst
The UK has been accused of providing “inadequate” protection of children’s rights after it fell dramatically in global rankings for child rights within a year, from 11th to 156th. Serious concerns have been raised about...
