Tag: child
Child sex abuse survivors demand ring-fenced funding
Survivors of childhood sexual abuse have demanded the government provide dedicated funding to ensure a much-delayed plan to tackle paedophiles is put [...]
Time limit for child sex abuse claims to be removed
PA MediaA three-year time limit for child sexual abuse victims to sue for damages will be removed in England and Wales under "long overdue" government [...]
I let child abuse survivors down
David DeansPolitical reporter, BBC Wales NewsBBCJane Dodds says she will continue as the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats The leader of the Welsh [...]
AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws
Four new laws will tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the government has announced.The Home Off [...]
Starmer urged to close online child sex abuse loopholes
The prime minister has been urged to close a legal loophole as online images of child sex abuse hit a record high in 2014. The Internet Watch Foundati [...]
A clear nod to demands for a new child abuse inquiry
"We couldn't just leave it" is how one senior figure in government put it to me.In other words, the political reality was that demonstrable action was [...]
Andy Burnham backs ‘limited’ national child sex abuse inquiry
BBCAndy Burnham hit out at what he said was a "distasteful politicisation" of the issueGreater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said he would back a [...]
Bid to halt child safeguarding bill ‘sickening’
PABridget Phillipson criticised the Conservatives' planPushing for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs by halting the progress of a bill aimed [...]
Victims want action, child abuse inquiry chair Alexis Jay says
Victims "clearly want action", the woman who led a seven-year inquiry into child sexual abuse says, adding that she believes a new national inquiry in [...]
Cooper promises law to tackle child abuse cover ups
The home secretary says those who fail to report child sexual abuse could face criminal sanctions.
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Child sexual abuse inquiry chair Alexis Jay urges government to act
Dave Higgens/PA WireProfessor Alexis Jay led a landmark inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and WalesProf Alexis Jay, the former chair of a nat [...]
Trump and Harris Both Like a Child Tax Credit but With Different Aims
Kamala Harris’s campaign is pushing a version of the credit intended to fight child poverty, while Donald J. Trump sees the program primarily as a tax [...]
Mum’s anger at Wes Streeting’s child cancer task force ‘pause’
The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died from a rare form of cancer has criticised the government for "pausing" the work of a group set up to combat [...]
The challenges in the way of tackling child poverty in Scotland
BBCLess than four miles from the Scottish Parliament, workers at a community centre in Edinburgh are handing out free bread to help the residents of M [...]
Flaws Persist in F.B.I.’s Handling of Child Sex Abuse Cases, Watchdog Says
The Justice Department’s inspector general cited significant improvements even as he identified structural issues, like high caseloads, that continue [...]