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Police strip-searches of children are ‘racist and traumatising’, say charities

The Children’s Society and the Runnymede Trust have hit out in the wake of a damning report by Dame Rachel de Souza.

The Independent UK

Children as young as eight strip-searched by police, report finds

Black youths are disproportionately more likely to be strip-searched than their white peers, report finds

Evening Standard

Artist Dame Rachel Whiteread wins Robson Orr TenTen Award for Covid-themed work

Each year, the prize is awarded to an outstanding British artist by the Government Art Collection.

The Independent UK

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Call to put family at centre of policy-making

The Children’s Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza has published a new report into families.

The Independent UK

650 children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met in two-year period

Information obtained by the Children’s Commissioner showed black boys were disproportionately targeted

Evening Standard

‘It’s not too difficult’: Children’s Commissioner encourages girls to get into maths

Girls are giving up the subject because they are not encouraged, Dame Rachel de Souza says

Evening Standard

Education Secretary rejects call for a smacking ban in England

The children’s commissioner said she would support any move to bring England into line with Scotland and Wales.

The Independent UK

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