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Police need ‘draconian’ powers to strip-search children, says minister

The Home Office’s Sarah Dines was involved in a series of heated exchanges with Labour MPs after a report found safeguarding concerns.

The Independent UK

Worst police forces for strip searching children as young as eight ranked

The strip searches have been carried out by police forces across the country. The Met tops the list with Hertfordshire, Thames Valley, Merseryside and Essex close behind

Daily Mirror

Child strip-search report findings deeply concerning, says policing minister

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it shares concerns about the ‘widespread and serious failings across police forces’.

The Independent UK

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The number of strip-searches of children by police in Greater Manchester

A report looking at the national picture after the Child Q scandal reveals children as young as eight have been strip-searched - with almost 3,000 searches taking place over a four-year period across the country

Manchester Evening News

Police strip-searches of thousands of children were ‘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

Wales Online

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.

The Independent UK

Children ‘being failed’ as figures show almost 3,000 strip-searches by police

The Children’s Commissioner said criticised “widespread non-compliance” with statutory safeguards.

The Independent UK

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Children as young as eight strip-searched by police, report finds

Black youths are disproportionately more likely to be strip-searched than their white peers, report finds

Evening Standard

Artist Dame Rachel Whiteread wins Robson Orr TenTen Award for Covid-themed work

Each year, the prize is awarded to an outstanding British artist by the Government Art Collection.

The Independent UK

Call to put family at centre of policy-making

The Children’s Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza has published a new report into families.

The Independent UK

650 children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met in two-year period

Information obtained by the Children’s Commissioner showed black boys were disproportionately targeted

Evening Standard

‘It’s not too difficult’: Children’s Commissioner encourages girls to get into maths

Girls are giving up the subject because they are not encouraged, Dame Rachel de Souza says

Evening Standard

Education Secretary rejects call for a smacking ban in England

The children’s commissioner said she would support any move to bring England into line with Scotland and Wales.

The Independent UK

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