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25/08/2025: Privacy at a cost: the dark web’s main browser helps pedophile networks flourish, experts say
The Tor network’s privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse material.
22/08/2025: Social workers given guidance on children not wanting to see a parent
Updated Cafcass guidance urges family court advisers to first consider whether child’s reluctance is a result of domestic abuse or harmful parenting before contemplating ‘alienating behaviours’.
21/08/2025: Campaigners unveil ‘urgent action plan’ for tackling child homelessness
Immediate local authority action is needed to address the “severe impact” on children of increasing council use of temporary accommodation, campaigners claim.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
20/08/2025: Updated legal guide highlights urgent need to improve education for children with SEN in custody
The Howard League for Penal Reform and Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA) have published an updated version of their joint guide, Education inside penal detention for children in England.
(Source: The Howard League for Penal Reform)
18/08/2025: Reports of ‘red flag’ forms of domestic violence rise by 9%
Domestic abuse campaigners are calling for urgent reform of domestic abuse education in schools amid research suggesting rates of violence and threats are rising among young women and girls.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
15/08/2025: Will The First Secure School Be The Last?
Rob Allen on the multiple failings in the Children’s and Young People’s Secure Estate.
14/08/2025: Study aims to tackle barriers to care-experienced mental health support
A “landmark” study has been launched to inform the design of future mental health support for care-experienced children and young people.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
12/08/2025: New age assurance requirements: what does this mean for children’s online safety?
2025 has been described by Ofcom, the UK regulator, as the ‘Year of Action’ when it comes to implementing the Online Safety Act.
(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)
06/08/2025: Researchers identify mental health ‘disadvantage gap’
Early experience of socioeconomic disadvantage negatively impacts mental health through adolescence, according to research.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
25/07/2025: Knowledge Partnerships In Youth Justice
Sean Creaney and Jayne Price highlight the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice for HMI Probation.
14/07/2025: School suspensions rise to nearly a million in England
The number of school suspensions and exclusions in England has reached its highest level since 2006, Department for Education figures show.
08/07/2025: Children living in ‘Dickensian’ poverty, says commissioner
Some children are living in “Dickensian” levels of poverty, England’s children’s commissioner has said.