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• Minister ‘not convinced’ on replacing DoLS with Liberty Protection Safeguards

  18-06-2025 12:59
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The care minister has said he is “not entirely convinced” by the case for replacing the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS).
  The introduction of the LPS is “under review”, Stephen Kinnock told fellow MPs on the committee scrutinising the government’s Mental Health Bill yesterday.
  However, he said he was “no
  
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• Should parents be able to record meetings with social workers?

  18-06-2025 09:37
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Most social workers believe parents should be able to record meetings with practitioners, so long as it is done openly, a poll has found.
  This follows the Family Justice Council (FJC) revealing a rise in covert recordings of social workers by parents involved in child protection cases due to a lack of trust or for use in subsequent court proceedings.
  In new guidance, the FJC, which oversees
  
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• Casey: DfE must urgently investigate fall in number of child sexual abuse cases recorded by councils

  18-06-2025 00:11
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The government must “urgently interrogate” the fall in the number of child sexual abuse (CSA) and exploitation (CSE) cases being recorded by councils, Baroness (Louise) Casey has told ministers.
  Casey’s national audit of group-based CSE and CSA, published yesterday, highlighted a “mismatch” between the rising rates of abuse recorded by police forces and the fall
  
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