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Commissioner mention: Slavery is real – we must protect its victims (The Guardian)
The recent report, Landing in Dover, by the Children's Commissioner for England, highlights the cases of seven Vietnamese children, trafficked into Britain to work as "gardeners" in cannabis factories in 2010, who were sent back to France when they were discovered. Social services said they were told nothing about it.
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Commissioner mention: Children's commissioners voice concerns over welfare reforms (Children and Young People Now)
Further weight has been added to the campaign against government welfare proposals after the UK's four children's commissioners joined forces to criticise the plans.
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Commissioner mention - Ghosts of Labour system are very much present (Children and Young People Now)
Released last month, Positive for Youth was quite rightly praised in this space by Maggie Atkinson a fortnight ago.
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Commissioner mention: The quest to end child poverty: do coalition policies measure up? (Children and Young People Now)
Maggie Atkinson, children's commissioner for England - The proposed cap of £26,000 a year on household benefits, regardless of family size, could result in more than 80,000 children losing their homes and families diverting substantial sums from living cost benefits to try to cover their housing costs.
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Commissioner mention - Unaccompanied children arriving in UK continue to be detained in contravention of UNCRC standards (Family Law Week)
Children's prospects of gaining permission to remain are prejudiced by premature interviewing, says the Children's Commissioner.
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Commissioner mention: NSPCC investigates how primary schools deal with child protection (Community Care)
The NSPCC is to investigate how well England's primary schools deal with child protection concerns. The research, commissioned by the Office of the Children's commissioner, will form part of best practice guidance for schools, Local Safeguarding Children's Boards and other children's professionals. The guidance will be published by autumn 2012.
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Commissioner mention: Teachers' 'have sleepless nights' over child neglect (BBC News Online)
Teachers are having sleepless nights about whether to report suspected victims of child neglect, a report for a charity says.
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Commissioner mention - Children's commissioner to investigate primary school safeguarding (Children and Young People Now)
The children's commissioner for England is to investigate how well primary schools are safeguarding children from harm as part of a new research project.
