UNITED KINGDOM
London Evening Standard
DAVID COHEN, CAMPAIGNS EDITOR
Published: 23 June 2014
Britain’s child protection and mental health services were today described as “unscrupulous”, “abhorrent”, “overwhelmed”, and “in crisis”, in a landmark report revealed by the Evening Standard.
It highlights the existence of large numbers of “horrifically” failed “lone children”, abused by their families and “unlawfully” turned down for help by children’s services.
The 400-page report by the Centre for Social Justice carries the testimony of 50 child protection experts from across the country as well as 20 children “abhorrently failed” by social services in London.
It concludes that the system is beyond repair and calls for a Royal Commission to oversee a “huge step change” and a “radical redesign”.
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