Vulnerable children potentially still at risk, says report in wake of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ murder
Lessons learned by social workers following the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes have still not been shared with the wider workforce, a report has found. The six-year-old was…
Covid has only exacerbated the crisis millions of children face
Emma from the north east of England summed up the crisis we face in her statement to the House of Lords Public Services Committee, which I chair,…
When we jail a mother, we condemn her child too
Alice spent two years on bail before her case was tried. She was 21, a single parent with a full-time job and a privately rented flat. During…
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: We must ‘pin down’ where ‘ghost children’ who have vanished from schools are, says Ofsted chief
We must “pin down” where “ghost children” who have disappeared from schools are, says Ofsted chief in the wake of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’s murder. Ofsted chief inspector Amanda…
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case prompts pledge to get 100,000 ‘ghost children’ back in school
The Education Secretary has vowed to step up efforts to return 100,000 “ghost” children to school post-lockdown in the wake of the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. Nadhim…
Real lessons must be learned after the appalling murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
Their faces have stared out from our newspapers and TV sets down the years, the children whose violent deaths at the hands of parents or guardians have…