Lottie Andrews
Gillian Keegan refuses to rule out future lockdown-style school closures
Education Secretary responds to criticism by Sir Iain Duncan Smith during Tory conference of ‘terrible’ pandemic experiment. The Education Secretary has said she cannot rule out pandemic-style school closures in…
Error to open pubs not schools, Covid inquiry told
It was a “terrible mistake” to open pubs while keeping schools shut during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. Anne Longfield, who was the children’s commissioner for England during Covid,…
Snapchat: Snap AI chatbot ‘may risk children’s privacy’
Source: BBC News Snapchat has been accused of a “worrying failure” to assess the potential privacy risks its AI chatbot poses to users – especially children – by the UK’s…
Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes
Source: BBC News A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At least 60…
Safeguarding jobs round up – October 6, 2023
Welcome to this week’s jobs round-up, where you can view some of the job vacancies currently available in the world of safeguarding. Below are a selection of jobs which will…
Lockdown harm to children was preventable, Government told
Report by leading campaigners argues worst impacts could have been avoided if ministers had considered rights of the young. The harm caused to children by lockdown was preventable, leading charities and experts…
Homeless teens ‘tricked away from care by councils to save money’
Thousands of homeless teenagers have been steered away from going into care and into cheaper hostel accommodation, a child advocacy charity has said. Coram Voice says it believes thousands of…
Safeguarding jobs round up – September 29, 2023
Welcome to this week’s jobs round-up, where you can view some of the job vacancies currently available in the world of safeguarding. Below are a selection of jobs which will…
Parents use children’s shoes in Merseyside council protest
Parents laid children’s footwear outside a council meeting in a protest at a local authority they say could not “walk a mile in their shoes”. The Voice of the Families…
Sport England launches £15m safeguarding network for children
Sport England is to invest £15m in a “gamechanging” network of 59 professional safeguarding officers to protect children and young people across sport, the Guardian can reveal. The news, which…
