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Government to mandate 48-hour takedown of non-consensual intimate images
23 FEB 2026
Victims’ Commissioner presses for stronger safeguards as Lords scrutinise Victims and Courts Bill
23 FEB 2026
Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in England moves forward under Crime and Policing Bill
23 FEB 2026
Refuge calls for homicide investigations into abuse-related suicides after research suggests widespread underreporting
23 FEB 2026
Consultation opens on draft guidance to reduce short notice applications in the family courts
23 FEB 2026
Parliamentary inquiry to examine mental health support for children and young people
16 FEB 2026
Research highlights financial and employment pressures on kinship carers amid calls for statutory paid leave
16 FEB 2026
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