youth offending
The hidden impact of domestic abuse on healthcare professionals has been revealed by the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF), in the latest edition of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) journal. The RMBF has seen a significant increase in doctors accessing support as a direct result of domestic abuse. Five years ago the charity, which the MDU… Read more »
The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
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The number of young people breaching their anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) has increased to more than half over the past two years, new figures show. The latest Home Office statistics reveal that between April 1999 and December 2005, 57 per cent of under-18s and 41 per cent of adults breached their Asbos, compared to 47… Read more »
David Cameron today accused Tony Blair of using the politics of fear to cover up his failures in nine years as prime minister. The Conservative leader attacked Mr Blair for abandoning the vision, hope and ideas for change that won him the election in 1997 – and said his party was now the future. He… Read more »
