Children have been particularly hard hit by mental health cuts, with 150 turned away from the care they need every single day. This Saturday campaigners meet to demand action not just warm words from government.
Too many children are losing out at home, at school and in the criminal justice system. Addressing the problems needs to be top of the new Prime Minister’s in-tray.
Britain’s poorest children are increasingly subject to poor housing and dangerous policing tactics including Tasers and spit-hoods, with frighteningly little oversight or scrutiny, finds a major new report.
Russia has the highest underage suicide rate in Europe. Yelena Vorobyova reports from the Bryansk region, where 10 children have taken their own lives in as many months.
