The Latest Breaking News from Peter Wanless

The NSPCC’s Listen Up, Speak Up campaign will give people practical information on steps they can take to keep a child safe if they have concerns.

The children’s charity has called on the Government to amend the Online Safety Bill to make named managers criminally liable for harm on their sites.

The Internet Watch Foundation says it found nearly 900 instances of the most severe types of child sexual abuse content in just five days.

The charity has urged the Prime Minister to make passing the Online Safety Bill his mission.

These companies make decisions that harm children. The government must take action, say the NSPCC’s Sir Peter Wanless and 5 Rights’ Lady Beeban Kidron

The teenager accessed material from the 'ghetto of the online world', with her family arguing that sites such as Pinterest and Instagram recommended accounts or posts that 'promoted' suicide and self-harm.

The NSPCC has written to the two Conservative leadership candidates, urging them to pass the Bill without delay once a new prime minister is in place.

For victims under the age of 13, analysis of the Freedom of Information data from Police Scotland revealed, there was a steeper rise with 369 in 2021/22 and compared to 226 in 2017/18.

Young people with experience of being in care will gather in Parliament on Wednesday to demand radical reform of the children’s social care system.

The NSPCC released the figures on Childhood Day to highlight the importance of everyone playing their part in keeping children safe.

Figures show ‘worrying scale of abuse and neglect’, NSPCC says