The Latest Breaking News from Rachel de Souza

Violence in pornography referenced in child-on-child sex abuse cases – research

The most common acts documented were name-calling while the most common category of sexual violence was physical aggression.

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Warning over 140,000 'ghost children' missing from school last summer

Figures by the Department of Education show more than 140,000 schoolkids were “severely absent” in the summer of 2022, leading to fears children are falling through cracks

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2023

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 · Mar 28, 2023

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 · Mar 27, 2023

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 · Mar 27, 2023

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 · Mar 26, 2023

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 · Mar 26, 2023

Police carried out 2,800 strip searches on children as young as eight in last four years

A harrowing report by Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, found black children are six times more likely to be strip searched. The youngest child strip searched between 2018 and mid-2022 was just eight

Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2023

Children’s commissioner for England expresses ‘deep concern’ over illegal migration bill

Rachel de Souza asks Suella Braverman for clarity on how unaccompanied children will be treated under proposals

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023

Children’s mental health support ‘patchy’ with 80-day treatment wait in one area

Dame Rachel de Souza called for mental health support teams to be delivered in every school as soon as possible.

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023