Nearly two thirds of people think ‘smacking’ children should be made illegal in England, poll shows

Two thirds of adults believe that smacking a child is wrong, a survey has found (NSPCC)

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A major children’s charity on Monday called for smacking to be banned in England, as a new poll found more than 60 per cent of people want it outlawed.

A law banning physical punishment of children took effect in Wales on Monday, leaving England the only nation in Britain to allow parents to smack their children.