Social service departments slammed
Press Review 16 October 2002
Watchdogs warn on child protection
Press Review 14 October 2002
Ministers admit 'more to do' on child protection
News Article 14 October 2002
The government has "more to do" to ensure adequate protection of all at-risk children, ministers have admitted.
Tories call for satellite tracking of sex offenders
Press Review 19 September 2002
Letwin: Six measures to strengthen the laws on paedophiles
News Article 18 September 2002
The Conservatives have called upon the government to introduce six new measures to protect children from sex offenders.
Tories urge hi-tech crackdown on child abusers
News Article 18 September 2002
Satellite tracking of paedophiles is among a number of high-tech measures to protect children being proposed by the Conservatives.
Troubleshooters sent into crime records bureau
News Article 6 September 2002
The Home Office has sent a team of trouble-shooters into the troubled Criminal Records Bureau.
'Sorry' Morris in school checks U-turn
Press Review 5 September 2002
Vetting crisis affects hospitals
Press Review 4 September 2002
Soham shows need for children's commissioner says Childline MP
News Article 4 September 2002
The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman highlight the need for a children's commissioner in England, the Labour MP and former TV producer Shaun Woodward says today.
Shaun Woodward - MP for St Helens South
Interview 4 September 2002
Question: Five years after the death of Diana and new Labour's coming to power is Britain a more compassionate place?
Schools to ignore vetting
Press Review 3 September 2002
Girl to get tracking microchip
Press Review 3 September 2002
Commons clerk to face porn charges
Press Review 30 August 2002
School term delayed by staff checks delays
Press Review 30 August 2002