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NSPCC warns against framing grooming gangs problem as ethnicity-based

The Guardian

One expert said Suella Braverman, who has argued that grooming gangs are “almost all” made up of British Pakistani men, appeared more focused on presenting “hard-right talking points” than tackling the wider issues over child sexual abuse.

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BASW urges social workers not to take jobs with Home Office age assessment body

Community Care

.” BASW said that rhetoric such as this, along with the political priorities of the Home Office under Patel’s successor, Suella Braverman, risked “intruding on the professional objectivity” of social workers working for the NAAB because they were, ultimately, accountable to the home secretary.

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Exploitation of care workers in England is ‘appalling’, says government adviser

The Guardian

In a strongly worded intervention, Prof Brian Bell, who has just been reappointed by the home secretary, Suella Braverman, as chair of the migration advisory committee (MAC), called the government’s tacit acceptance of exploitation in the sector “appalling”. Continue reading.

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‘Routine’ use of hotels for lone child asylum seekers is unlawful, UK court rules

The Guardian

Judge says Home Office may only use housing arrangement for ‘very short periods in true emergency situations’ UK politics live – latest updates The Home Office’s “routine” housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful, the high court has ruled.

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Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home Office, professional body says

The Guardian

Home Office is recruiting them for national assessment board, taking decision away from local authorities The professional body for social workers has urged its members not to work with the Home Office to assess the ages of asylum seekers, saying that political pressures could undermine their professional judgment.

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Child sexual abuse compensation scheme to be set up in England

The Guardian

Move comes after inquiry found children had faced ‘limitless’ cruelty with complicity of institutions The government is to launch a compensation scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse in England, the home secretary has said.

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‘Inaccurate’ grooming gang claims putting children at risk, Sunak and Braverman told

The Guardian

The letter , signed by 50 researchers and more than a dozen organisations, including the NSPCC and Victim Support, urges Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak to avoid narratives on abuse based on “misinformation, racism and division”. Continue reading.

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