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The Latest Breaking News from Dame Rachel de Souza

Starmer ‘set to announce under-16s social media ban’

Children’s tsar has called for ban to be extended to teenagers up to the age of 18

The Independent UK

Hundreds of children subjected to ‘intrusive and traumatic’ strip searches

A report by the Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza estimates 377 strip searches took place in 2024

The Independent UK

Children ‘routinely bombarded’ with ads for appearance-changing products online

The Children’s Commissioner said children were routinely exposed to products such as weight loss injections, skin lightening products and steroids.

Evening Standard

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Children’s services should come before Parliament over Sara Sharif failings – MP

Surrey County Council has apologised after a safeguarding review found a series of missed opportunities to protect the 10-year-old.

Evening Standard

‘Dangerous’ young offender institutions should be shut down, children’s commissioner says

Dame Rachel de Souza has called for a new youth justice system "based primarily upon a rehabilitative model of care”

The Independent UK

‘Mouldy or full of rats’: Children in England face almost-Dickensian levels of poverty

A report from the Children’s Commissioner noted a range of concerns, including living in cramped and poor conditions

The Independent UK

Near-Dickensian poverty levels for some children in England, warns commissioner

A new report noted a range of concerns including lack of access to quality, healthy food and living in cramped and poor conditions.

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Victims at front of my mind while carrying out grooming gangs review: Casey

Victims told her they are unable to live the lives they wanted and continued to see their abusers walk free.

Evening Standard

‘Let UK-wide smacking ban be murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s legacy’

Smacking is illegal in Wales and Scotland but there remains a legal defence in England and Northern Ireland.

The Independent UK

Call for total ban on deepfake apps used to create explicit images of children

The Government must take action to stop abuse, Children’s Commissioner says

The Independent UK

Parents should stop being ‘child’s friend’ over phones – children’s commissioner

Nearly a quarter of children spend more than four hours a day on an internet-enabled device, a survey suggested earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Children in youth custody ‘failed’ before they arrive – Children’s Commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza has warned secure settings risk turning out ‘hardened criminals with a palpable distrust in the state’ .

The Independent UK

Children rioted in summer ‘for fun rather than due to online misinformation’

The Children’s Commissioner for England spoke to some of those charged over the disorder.

The Independent UK

Children joined far-right riots as they ‘looked fun’ - not because of racism, children’s commissioner claims

Children got involved in last summer’s riots out of curiosity, anger at the police, or desire to steal, according to the new report - but one Labour MP has called it ‘far off the mark’

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New legislation will keep children safe but no smacking ban, says Phillipson

Campaigners have long called for an end to the legal defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ in England.

The Independent UK

Education Secretary says proposed new law ‘seminal moment for child protection’

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is being introduced in the Commons on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Vulnerable children placed in caravan and Airbnb – Children’s Commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza said many children are living in ‘highly unsuitable’ placements while deprived of their liberty.

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Children’s social care reforms to include rules to stop profiteering

The Government is to set out its plans in Parliament.

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Domestic violence victim placed in caravan instead of home, damning report finds

Rachel de Souza, England’s children’s commissioner, said her research shows children’s basic rights to safety and happiness are ‘too often being ignored’

The Independent UK

Starmer finally outlines new government’s policy on smartphones for under-16s

Starmer has been asked about a smartphone ban for under-16s

The Independent UK

Children’s commissioner calls for urgent clarity on schools’ trans policy after Sunak ‘U-turn’

Dame Rachel de Souza says teachers, families and pupils are “crying out for” guidance for schools

The Independent UK

Some children in care ‘missing from school and becoming invisible’

More than a fifth of school-age unaccompanied children seeking asylum were not in school as of March last year, research shows.

Daily Mirror

Almost QUARTER of children in youth prisons and secure sites are Black, report shows

The damning findings, from the Children’s Commissioner, looked into the children aged 10 to 18 in youth custody in England and Wales as of December 2022

The Independent UK

Police strip searching children as young as eight, damning report finds

Study by Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza found that more than a third of children strip-searched were black

The Independent UK

Police strip-searches of children are ‘racist and traumatising’, say charities

The Children’s Society and the Runnymede Trust have hit out in the wake of a damning report by Dame Rachel de Souza.

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