HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - Caught on Camera

Campaign launched to hear voices of young people ahead of general election

The latest survey is a follow-up to The Big Ask which reached 500,000 young people in 2021.

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Clarity urgently needed on transgender guidance for schools, says commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza said schools always try to do their ‘pastoral best’ but there is a need for clear guidance on a standard approach.

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Huge moral case to support children says commissioner amid benefit cut reports

Dame Rachel de Souza said now is a ‘really big moment for us as a nation to support our children and back our children’.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Child strip-search report findings deeply concerning, says policing minister

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it shares concerns about the ‘widespread and serious failings across police forces’.

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023

The number of strip-searches of children by police in Greater Manchester

A report looking at the national picture after the Child Q scandal reveals children as young as eight have been strip-searched - with almost 3,000 searches taking place over a four-year period across the country

Manchester Evening News · Mar 27, 2023

Police strip-searches of thousands of children were ‘racist and traumatising’, say charities

The Children’s Society and the Runnymede Trust have hit out in the wake of a damning report by Dame Rachel de Souza

Wales Online · Mar 27, 2023

Police strip-searches of children are ‘racist and traumatising’, say charities

The Children’s Society and the Runnymede Trust have hit out in the wake of a damning report by Dame Rachel de Souza.

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2023

Children ‘being failed’ as figures show almost 3,000 strip-searches by police

The Children’s Commissioner said criticised “widespread non-compliance” with statutory safeguards.

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2023

Children as young as eight strip-searched by police, report finds

Black youths are disproportionately more likely to be strip-searched than their white peers, report finds

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2023

Artist Dame Rachel Whiteread wins Robson Orr TenTen Award for Covid-themed work

Each year, the prize is awarded to an outstanding British artist by the Government Art Collection.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022