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Press Notice: Children’s Commissioner calls for immediate ban of AI apps that enable ‘deepfake’ sexual abuse of children
28 April 2025
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Statement from the Children’s Commissioner on the proposed use of pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) on children in Young Offender Institutions
24 April 2025
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Looking back at the Festival of Childhood
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Press Notice: Children living in unfit housing must have voices heard, Children’s Commissioner warns as she reveals its stark impact on their GCSE success  Â
28 March 2025
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No child should be homeless: how housing instability affects a child’s GCSE grades
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The power of storytelling in highlighting the reality of strip searching for young people Â
26 March 2025
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Press Notice: Children in youth custody ‘failed before they arrive’, trapping them in a cycle of disadvantageÂ
27 February 2025
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Statement from the Children’s Commissioner on making Child Criminal Exploitation a criminal offence
22 February 2025
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Safer Internet Day 2025
11 February 2025
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Press Notice: Deep distrust of the police and lack of opportunity as drivers in children’s motivation to take part in last summer’s riots
28 January 2025
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Statement from the Children’s Commissioner on the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana
23 January 2025
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Statement from the Children’s Commissioner on plans set out by the Home Secretary to look again at cases of child abuse by grooming gangs
16 January 2025
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