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Violence against women and girls accounts for significant proportion of recorded crime, new strategic threat assessment finds

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Domestic abuse survivors to receive stronger tenancy protections under Social Housing Bill

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NSPCC reports record number of contacts about children experiencing domestic abuse

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Women's Aid responds to new ONS Crime Survey

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NSPCC reports 10% rise in child protection concerns in sport

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Children’s Commissioner calls for national emergency fund to tackle childhood inequalities

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Kinship carers left without support after making snap decisions to prevent children entering care

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Violence against women and girls accounts for significant proportion of...

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Women's Aid responds to new ONS Crime Survey

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NSPCC reports 10% rise in child protection concerns in sport

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Children’s Commissioner calls for national emergency fund to tackle...

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Kinship carers left without support after making snap decisions to prevent...

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John Haskey has held a Visiting Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford since 2000, and is now an Associate Fellow. He has published statistical studies on family demography, including contributions to Family Law. He is a past President of the British Society for Population Studies,and was recently elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Andrew Pack is a care lawyer at Brighton and Hove City Council and their in-house advocate. He has also represented parents in care proceedings.

He is the creator and author of the Suesspicious Minds child law blog, which deals with public law, private law, social work, serious case reviews and Court of Protection cases.

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