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Charities welcome free school meals change but warn ‘more is needed’

Charities and school leaders welcomed the change but urged the Government to reconsider the two-child benefit cap to ease poverty levels.

Evening Standard

Social media sites failing to protect girls from harm at every stage, NSPCC says

The children’s charity has published new research on what it says are the dangers women and girls face online.

Evening Standard

‘Punching walls’ and ‘shouting’: Inside the worrying rise of children reporting anger issues

School and online pressures have been blamed for the rise in children turning to Childcare for help with anger issues

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Criminals in England and Wales face sanctions for refusing to attend sentencing

Segregation in cells and less gym time among measures to be introduced

The Guardian - UK

Plans to punish criminals who avoid sentencing ‘step in right direction’

New powers for judges are among the measures in the Government’s Victims and Courts Bill to be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Starmer warned children will be at risk if he agrees to US demands to get trade deal

Claims that vice-president JD Vance is still pushing for online safety and hate speech laws to be repealed have alarmed campaigners

The Independent UK

Macaulay Culkin reveals he hasn’t spoken to his father in 30 years in rare comment about their estrangement

The actor petitioned to remove his mother and father as his legal guardians when he was 15

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Adolescence ‘not easy viewing’ says Starmer as he backs streaming show in schools

PM met writer Jack Thorne and producer Jo Johnson for a discussion about misogyny

The Independent UK

Starmer: No ‘simple solution’ to boys being pulled into ‘whirlpool’ of misogyny

Writer Jack Thorne and producer Jo Johnson, and representatives from the NSPCC and Children’s Society, joined the Prime Minister for a discussion.

Evening Standard

Oxford chancellor calls for tighter controls on smartphones for children – and urges ministers to stand up to tech giants

‘Welcoming technology firms is different from letting them do anything they like’, William Hague warned

The Independent UK

Criminals using AI images to extort children, new NSPCC chief says in warning over looming crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Sherwood speaks to Holly Bancroft in his first interview since becoming the children’s charity CEO about the challenges facing this generation’s children

The Independent UK

‘Science doesn’t back smacking children’ – leading doctors call for ban

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has implored MPs to back a change in the law.

The Independent UK

Stop ‘Victorian-era’ punishment of smacking, say doctors

Smacking harms children’s mental, physical and emotional health, doctors say

The Independent UK

Met Police recorded 2,780 child abuse image crimes in London last year

NSPCC chief executive Chris Sherwood said the figures were “deeply alarming”

Evening Standard

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Children will be ‘left exposed to sexual abuse online under current safety rules’

A group of charities have sent a joint letter to the Home Secretary and Technology Secretary over concerns about the Online Safety Act.

The Guardian - UK

AI tools used for child sexual abuse images targeted in Home Office crackdown

UK will be first country to bring in tough new laws to tackle the technology behind the creation of abusive material

The Independent UK

Is your child lonely? Here’s how to help

Thousands of children ring Childline each year because they’re lonely. The helpline’s director, and a therapist tell Lisa Salmon how parents can help.

Evening Standard

AI action plans should be slowed until safeguards for children in place – NSPCC

The children’s charity has called for statutory safeguards around generative AI to help protect youngsters.

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The Independent UK

The Quiet on Set bonus episode has been released - here’s how to watch now

The docuseries has made waves after it began premiering last month, with a fifth bonus episode out now

The National (Scotland)

Generous Newsquest readers raise thousands to help NSPCC support children

Newsquest’s year-long partnership with the NSPCC has ended with an amazing final-push donation from readers.

The National (Scotland)

NSPCC calls for new volunteers in 2025 - how to help

The NSPCC is calling for new volunteers to help support its services in 2025.

The National (Scotland)

Childline ready to support thousands of children this Christmas

Childline bases across the UK, including in London, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff, will be in operation throughout the Christmas…

The Independent UK

Journalist appears in court charged with stalking George Osborne and his wife

Lydia Suffield, 27, is said to have sent emails and Instagram messages to the couple and to have made false referrals to the NSPCC.

The National (Scotland)

Thousands of free books gifted to the NSPCC this Christmas

NSPCC hubs across the UK have received more than 37,000 free books to share with partner agencies and families in time for Christmas as part of a…

The National (Scotland)

The Traitors star explains why the NSPCC's vital work is so needed

Fay Greaves is probably best known to readers as one of the stars of the BBC show The Traitors, but she is also an NSPCC Campaigner for Childhood

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