Today we again see in the news headlines details of young girls abused by a paedophile ring, this time in the Oxford area. Again Social Services are shouldering a significant amount of blame. Joanna Simons accepts that the Council must "take enormous responsibility for what...
A joint report into the sexual abuse allegations made against Sir Jimmy Savile was made available to the public today. The report, written by David Gray (Detective Superintendent) and Peter Watt (NSPCC), outlines the discoveries made by Scotland Yard and the NSPCC since they launched the inquiry,...
A report released today has revealed that thousands of children are sexually abused by gangs and groups in England each year. The interim report by The Office of Children's Commissioner , which comes fourteen months into a two year investigation, has identified that there were some 2,409 victims...
The Education Select Committee has today reported on the care system, with some interesting conclusions. Amongst other findings, the report concluded that too often, the benefit of the doubt is given to parents, causing in prolonged abuse or neglect of children and that overall, there should be...
The news in recent days and weeks has been dominated by the Jimmy Savile child abuse allegations. We have heard terrible stories about the actions of a celebrity previously held in the nation's affections. One silver lining to this awful cloud however has been the increased awareness of child...