Every child who enters Britain ‘must be tracked to thwart the slave trade’

Every child who enters Britain ‘must be tracked to thwart the slave trade’
Every foreign child coming into Britain should have their biometrics taken to in order to stop child trafficking a new Home Office commissioned report has said.
The study by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, says that the children need to be tracked in order to stem trafficking which is now a real threat.
Source:- The Times, Monday, July 9 2007

Schools give morning after pill to girls a young as 11
Thousands of girls aged 11 and over are being given the morning after pill in schools without the knowledge of their parents it emerged last night.
New official figures show that in some areas up to half of schools offer children sexual health services such as emergency contraception and free condoms.
Source:- The Daily Telegraph, Monday, July 9 2007 2007

Northern cities ‘still suffering from decline and deprivation’
Decline and deprivation still afflicts some of England’s once-great northern cities despite the much-vaunted urban renaissance of the past decade, a think-tank close to the government will warn today.
Source:- The Independent, Monday 9 July 2007, page 4
 
Children to be taught how to open a bank account and buy a house
Children from the age of 11 will be given lessons in how to open a bank account and buy a house in a radical shake-up of the national curriculum to be unveiled on Thursday.
Source:- The Independent, Monday 9 July 2007, page 6
 
Struggling schools ‘should be able to raise salaries’
Struggling schools in Britain’s most deprive areas should be free to offer higher salaries to attract top quality teachers, says a report out today.
Source:- The Independent, Monday 9 July 2007, page 6
 
We’ll stand up for marriage
David Cameron will pledge to overhaul the tax and benefits system in favour of marriage as part of a Conservative crusade to mend Britain’s ‘broken society’. The Tory leader highlighted high rates of teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, failing schools, crime rates and prison populations in Britain compared with other European countries.
Source:- The Daily Mail, Monday 9 July 2007, page 1
 
Tories plan 7p a pint ‘treatment tax’ in blitz on bingers
Tax on alcohol should rise by as much as 10 per cent to combat the binge-drinking culture, a major Tory report will say this week.
Source:- The Daily Mail, Monday 9 July 2007, page 4
 
‘Autism ‘is twice as common as doctors believed’
Almost twice as many children in Britain could have autism than previously thought, researchers say.
Source:- The Daily Mail, Monday 9 July 2007, page 31

Welsh

Pupils blamed for rise in sex abuse probes
Pupils are ruining teacher’s careers by making unfounded allegations of sexual abuse against them, Wales’ main teaching union has claimed.
The National Union of Teachers Cymru says local authorities are accepting pupils’ claims too easily without looking into the complaints before investigations are launched.
Source:- Wales on Sunday, July 8 2007

Care shake-up sparks jobs and service fears
Concerns are growing that jobs could be lost and older people will receive a worst service if a reorganisation of home care takes place in Caerphilly.
The council plans to reduce the number of home carers it employs and use independent care providers instead.
Source:- South Wales Echo, Saturday July 7 2007

Autistic mum’s baby taken into care
The grandfather of a baby taken into care as soon as he was born has alleged that social services discriminated against his daughter because she has autism.
The baby’s mother, who is 21, has Asperger’s Syndrome. The grandfather, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said that Monmouthshire Council had acted unfairly towards his daughter.
Source:- Western Mail, Saturday July 7 2007