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03/10/2025: Government confirms child sexual abuse and exploitation within scope of VAWG strategy after child protection groups’ letter to Home Secretary

The Government says it will take “concrete actions” to protect victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation as part of their upcoming Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy after the IWF and others wrote to the Home Secretary expressing concern they may have been omitted from the strategy’s scope.

(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)

03/10/2025: Response to surge in extremist rhetoric and activity

We are gravely concerned by the recent escalation in extremist rhetoric and violence across the UK and internationally.

(Source: NSPCC)

02/10/2025: Children in care should have choice of where and with whom they live, says MacAlister

Children’s minister admits objective is ‘alien’ to current care system and says it would require having ‘lots of excess foster carers’, in speech at Labour Party Conference fringe event.

(Source: Community Care)

02/10/2025: ‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its effect on creativity.

(Source: Guardian)

25/09/2025: Thousands of students report sexual violence at university

Thousands of students have reported being victims of sexual violence and harassment in the first sector-wide survey of sexual misconduct at universities in England.

(Source: BBC News)

25/09/2025: Instagram teen accounts still show suicide content, study claims

Instagram’s tools designed to protect teenagers from harmful content are failing to stop them from seeing suicide and self-harm posts, a study has claimed.

(Source: BBC News)

24/09/2025: UK faces ‘crisis’ of child-on-child sex abuse – with ‘fundamental shift’ in offending

Sky News is granted exclusive access to a call centre which helps abuse victims – as police chiefs warn that unless urgent action is taken, there is a risk of criminalising a “generation of children”.

(Source: Sky News)

24/09/2025: Poll reveals extent of link between violence and exclusions

Evidence of a significant link between children’s experience of violence and school sanctions has been highlighted by research.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

24/09/2025: ‘Shameful’ rise in racial disparities under Mental Health Act prompts calls for legislative overhaul

AMHP leads and charity urge changes to MHA reform bill as data shows black people four times as likely to be detained and eight times as likely to be placed on community treatment orders as white people.

(Source: Community Care)

24/09/2025: Latest children’s services spending boost absorbed entirely by care system, figures show

Data suggests funding on family support and lower level statutory social work being squeezed, as government seeks to shift children’s social care system towards earlier intervention and reduce placement spending.

(Source: Community Care)

23/09/2025: What is ‘ritual abuse’? Sky News given exclusive access to call centre helping victims (Video)

Sky’s Alice Porter has spoken to experts at the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. Supervisor Sam Booth recalls the types of abuse she has come across, including ‘Satanic ritual abuse’.

(Source: Sky News)

23/09/2025: Children in custody survey charts ‘worryingly poor’ outcomes

Children have described their “painfully upsetting” experiences of violence, fear and poor education during their time spent in custody.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)