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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 3 | History Defined

Former children’s commissioner warns of prejudice against social housing tenants after Awaab Ishak’s death

Anne Longfield said case should be a ‘defining moment’ for Britain

The Independent UK

Primary school pupils running drugs 'now the norm' as county lines gangs target younger children

Former children's commissioner warns of a crisis putting hundreds of thousands of children in England at risk of violence

Manchester Evening News

Primary school children running drugs for gangs has ‘become the norm’

Anne Longfield, head of the Commission on Young Lives, urged the Government to treat the exploitation of children as seriously as it does terrorism.

The Independent UK

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Pinned down, force-fed and drugged into ‘zombie-like’ state: ‘Systemic abuse’ at children’s hospitals revealed

Investigation: Private mental health group was paid £190m by NHS despite hundreds of warnings over care, reports Rebecca Thomas

The Independent UK

Suicide attempts and self-harm ‘part and parcel of everyday life in a school’

A former Children’s Commissioner told peers there is a large legacy of children with increased mental health needs in the wake of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

£1bn needed to speed up mental health care for UK children, report says

Call for ‘once in a generation’ package for NHS so young people can receive treatment within four weeks

The Guardian - UK

Calls for £1bn to save ‘buckling’ mental health services as suicidal children are turned away

‘Government response to this children’s mental health crisis has so far been too slow and inadequate’ says Anne Longfield

The Independent UK

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Children needing NHS mental health services in England ‘must be seen in four weeks’

Study calls for £1billion injection into children's care with guarantee of next-day consultations for those at greatest risk of self-harm or suicide

Wales Online

Children needing NHS mental health services ‘must be seen in four weeks’

The Commission on Young Lives report said access to mental health services remains a ‘postcode lottery’.

The Independent UK

Serious incidents more common in for-profit children’s homes in England

Privately run homes have more police callouts and staff complaints than council ones, data shows

The Guardian - UK

‘Four chips on a plate’: Ministers told to boost school meal funding as children ‘getting smaller portions’

Caterers are switching to cheaper products as food costs rise

The Independent UK

Free school meals: Ex-Education Secretary Justin Greening joins call for expansion as cost of living crisis bites

Teaching unions earlier wrote to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for an urgent expansion of free school meals

Evening Standard

Former Tory Education Secretary joins call for free school meal expansion

Teaching unions earlier wrote to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for an urgent expansion of free school meals.

The Independent UK

All families on universal credit should get free school meals, says ex-children’s tsar

Anne Longfield says poverty hasn’t been tackled well enough, as teaching unions in England urge chancellor to expand free meals

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Ban permanent exclusions from English primaries, says ex-children’s tsar

Anne Longfield says ‘exclusions culture’ rewards removal of some vulnerable children from school roll

The Independent UK

Report calls for primary school exclusions to be banned by 2026

The research also said no school should be graded ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted without being inclusive.

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