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Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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  • Wednesday, February 6, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Harris case highlights need for compulsory SRE in school

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  • Thursday, July 3, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Convictions of celebrities for child sexual abuse highlight the need to provide better education to children and young people to help them distinguish between healthy relationships and abuse, a campaign group has said.

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

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  • Thursday, September 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

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  • Wednesday, November 13, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Children's minister Edward Timpson has slammed a review into the death of toddler Hamzah Khan for failing to answer key questions about the case, claiming it contains "glaring absences".

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