11 MILLION

The UK’s four Children’s Commissioners join forces to assess the reality of children’s lives

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The UK’s four Children’s Commissioners are set to tell the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child the state of children’s rights across the country.

Statement on gun and knife crime

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the Children's Commissioner for England, says that children and young people must be at the heart of crime prevention strategies

11 MILLION launches new website

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

11 million children and young people get an online voice

Sir Al Aynsley-Green comments on the Government's play consultation, Fair Play.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Children’s Commissioner uncovers failings in the care of vulnerable children

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00 GMT

Children’s Commissioner calls for end to unacceptable treatment of young asylum seekers

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00 GMT

3,500 ULTRA-SONIC DISPERSAL DEVICES TOLD TO BUZZ OFF

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION COMMENT ON THE STAYING SAFE ACTION PLAN

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00 GMT

Children's Commissioner's response to Government's proposals for unaccompanied asylum seeking children

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00 GMT

TIME TO LEARN THE LESSONS TO STOP DELIBERATE CHILD DEATHS, SAYS CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00 GMT

Children's Commissioner welcomes Government's trafficking announcement & review of UNCRC

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00 GMT

Children's Commissioner responds to Barnardo’s report: ‘Like any other child? Children and families in the asylum process’

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00 GMT

'Now 'nanny' Balls is trying to turn our teachers into parents' (Daily Mail)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Schools are to be judged on how they improve children's 'wellbeing' by tackling obesity, drug abuse and teenage pregnancy.

Parent outrage as staff instruct pupil to replace absent teacher. (Daily Mail)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

A school has sparked outrage among parents by letting one of its own pupils teach classes to help ease a staff shortage. A sixth-former has been running German lessons for first year pupils aged 11 and 12 for at least the past six weeks.

Hug-a-hoody speechwriter mugged by hoodies. (The Times)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

The former Tory adviser behind David Cameron's controversial “hug a hoody” campaign got a bloody lip when he was punched by a hooded teenager as he tried to stop a gang stealing a moped.

Boris Johnson: Fresh crisis as deputy denies sex and cash claims. (The Times)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Boris Johnson was engulfed in a crisis last night when one of his most prominent appointees at City Hall was forced to deny allegations about inappropriate conduct and financial irregularities.

Ed Balls: Councils failing to tackle poor schools. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Tens of thousands of children are languishing in poor schools as local councils refuse to take "drastic action", the Government has admitted. Many schools are being put in special measures - Ofsted's worst category - two years after authorities spotted problems but did nothing to intervene, it is claimed.

Schools leaving children 'globally illiterate' (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Young people are being left "globally illiterate" as school fails to prepare them for the wider world, according to a new study.

Families have £155 a month less to spend

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Disposable incomes have fallen to their lowest for five years as household costs soar, a report has claimed. Wages have failed to keep pace with spiralling petrol, gas and electricity bills and taxes, leaving the average family with £155 less to spend at the end of each month compared with 2004.

Three teenage boys will appear in court, charged with the murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, the brother of EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella. (the Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Officers from Scotland Yard named the alleged killers as Juress Kika, 18, Michael Alleyne, 18, and Jade Braithwaite, 19, all from the Islington area of north London.

School governors told 'get insured' over danger of litigious parents. (The Times)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

England's 300,000 school governors are being advised to take out insurance to protect themselves against litigious parents and the growing demands of government policy.

Don’t tell children it’s an exam, says Ed Balls. (The Times)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Head teachers have expressed their astonishment after Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, suggested that the best way to prevent six and seven-year-olds from getting stressed about exams was simply not to tell them they were being tested.

British-born teenagers being trafficked for sexual exploitation within UK, police say. (The Guardian)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Teenage girls born in Britain are being trafficked for sexual exploitation within the UK, police said yesterday, adding that children are being "groomed" by men acting as boyfriends who carry out the abuse and then take the youngsters to other towns for further exploitation.

Boris Johnson claims "obsession" with paedophiles prevents us being sporting champions. (Daily Mirror)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

The nation's "obsession" with paedophiles is stopping us becoming sporting champions, top Tory Boris Johnson said yesterday.

Cherie Blair: 'I fear for my children' (The Independent)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Cherie Blair admitted yesterday that she fears for the safety of her children when they go out on the streets. She also claimed that government figures drastically underestimate the scale of knife crime among children in Britain.

Student William Bowen, 16, goes for broke after finding £2m in his account

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

As student grants go, it was an improbably large sum. But when the cash machine told William Bowen he had £2 million in his account, he could think of no other explanation.

Youths who see crime and violence as a career choice. (The Times)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Many young people join gangs as a credible and even necessary “career” choice in inner cities where traditional economic opportunies have gone, according to research.

Youth crime: this is fiercely protected turf, where people die in the name of tribal loyalty. (the Times)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

This is Broadfield Park, a scruffy area in the centre of Moss Side, South Manchester, and the most fiercely protected gangland turf in Britain. People have died here in the name of tribal loyalty.

EastEnders to tackle child sex abuse. (Guardian)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

BBC1 soap EastEnders is to tackle the subject of child sex abuse for the first time in a potentially controversial storyline to be screened later this year, involving Bianca Jackson's stepdaughter Whitney.

Hundreds of teenagers marched through north London yesterday to protest against violent street crime. (Guardian)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Hundreds of teenagers marched through north London yesterday to protest against violent street crime as police hunting the killer of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, who was stabbed to death on Sunday, said they had arrested four people. The march ended at the spot in Islington where Ben, who had been on a night out with friends to celebrate the end of his GCSEs was killed.

Cherie Blair says her children are not safe on the streets. (the Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Cherie Blair has admitted she fears for her children when they go out in the street, and is worried that knife and gun crime among teenagers is more common than official figures suggest.

Minister condemns plans to punish knife possession with fines. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

New sentencing rules that will see offenders caught with knives escape with just a fine have been condemned by a Home Office Minister amid heightened concern over a series of fatal stabbings of teenagers.

Gang culture has replaced family life among teens, warns police chief. (the Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Barbara Wilding, the Chief Constable of South Wales, says family ties have been abandoned in place of "tribal loyalty" among young gang members, who have become "almost feral".

Police to drop Madeleine McCann investigation, reports say. (The Guardian)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Two Portuguese newspapers claimed a lack of evidence had forced officers to abandon the case nearly 14 months after the three-year-old went missing.

Family of murdered boy beg young people to put down their knives. (The Guardian)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

The family of Ben Kinsella, the 16-year-old stabbed to death on a London street on Sunday morning, described him as "a true angel" yesterday as they made an emotional appeal for young people to put down their weapons.

Mothers who eat a junk-food diet in pregnancy may seriously damage the long-term health of their child, according to research published today. (The Guardian)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, was carried out on rats, but scientists say they have every reason to believe that human babies may suffer as much harm as the offspring of rodents from exposure in the womb to high levels of fats, sugar and salt.

Children threatened with ASBOs for playing football in street. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

A group of children were told they face anti-social behaviour orders for playing football in the street

Education policy 'leaving children intellectually impoverished'. (the Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Education policy in England is leading to the "cultural and intellectual impoverishment" of a generation of school children, a leading headmistress has warned.

Murdered schoolboy Ben Kinsella wrote about his own death in a chilling essay which described the experience of being stabbed. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

The 16-year-old brother of EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella wrote the essay for a creative-writing class just weeks before he was killed in a gang attack.

'Top United Nations' investigators are set to fly to Britain to find out just how badly we are treating our children.' (The People)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Two officials are due here next month to check whether the way we deal with youngsters has improved in the past six years. But our own experts have already warned them MORE British children now live in poverty, MORE are locked up than anywhere else in Europe, MORE drink and have underage sex and MORE are obese. Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the Children's Commissioner for England, said: "We are the worst of the 21 richest countries in the world at children's wellbeing."

Youngsters from Corby, who have been working with 11 MILLION have welcomed the results of a survey calling for controversial Mosquito devices to be banned. (Northampton Evening Telegraph)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The devices give out ultrasonic waves which cause an uncomfortable buzzing noise heard mostly by people aged under 25 and are used by shopkeepers and councils to disperse young people from troublespots.

A 16-year-old boy described as a "perfect, peace-loving student" has become the 17th teenager to die violently in London this year. (The Guardian)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Ben Kinsella, brother of former EastEnders actor Brooke Kinsella, desperately phoned a friend and begged for help as he was chased by his attackers. He was repeatedly stabbed by a gang of youths as he ran from a nightclub along York Way, in Islington, north London, early yesterday.

‘Too rigorous’ literacy goal for under-5s to be watered down. (The Times)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A new curriculum for the under-5s, which would require four and five-year-olds to write simple sentences and use punctuation, is to be watered down after experts described it as “overly ambitious for most children”.

Children not acquiring basic moral values as today's adults poor role models. (The Times)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Children are not acquiring basic moral values because today's generation of adults are such poor role models, a leading charity said yesterday.

Teenager made a desperate mobile call to friend as his killers chased him. (The Times)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A teenager who was stabbed to death early yesterday made a terrified phone call to a friend as his killers chased him through the streets.

The majority of adults in Britain struggle to answer questions fit for a seven-year-old, according to a report today. (The Daily Telegraph)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Only one-in-20 were correctly able to answer 10 questions taken from primary school syllabuses. The study revealed that most adults were stumped by the correct spelling of a basic word - skilful - with only 23 per cent getting it right.

Stars like Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty 'eroding children's moral values' (The Daily Telegraph)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The behaviour of pop stars such as Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty and Lilly Allen is fuelling bad behaviour and promoting materialism, according to the report.

GCSE students get rewarded for writing obscene insults in their English exams (The Daily Telegraph)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Peter Buckroyd, chief examiner of English for the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA), an examination board, said swear words should gain positive marks if the spelling and punctuation is correct.

Universities will be forced to give poor pupils preferential treatment

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The plans, in a report commissioned by Gordon Brown, are likely to lead to applicants from state schools being asked for lower A-level results than those from private schools.

A mother said she is "horrified" that her twin sons will be separated and sent to different primary schools, nearly a mile apart. (The Daily Telegraph)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Education officials said the three-year-old boys Connor and Brad Terry must attend separate schools due to a shortage of places.

Faith schools are being undermined by a Government-backed "witch hunt", according to a new report. (The Daily Telegraph)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Ministers have exaggerated claims that Christian, Jewish and Muslim schools cherry-pick the best pupils to justify a series of "plots and threats" against the religious sector, it is claimed.

Primary school teacher jailed indefinitely for raping a 5-year-old girl. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Neil Challis sat expressionless as a judge handed him an indeterminate sentence at Derby Crown Court, and told him he must serve a minimum of seven years behind bars.

Facebook and Bebo should be used in the classroom to boost pupils' literacy skills, according to a Government-backed report. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The popularity of social networking websites should be exploited by teachers to develop children's ability to communicate and improve their technological skills, it was claimed.

Children are being "left ignorant of nature" because field trips are being cut due to fears of health and safety litigation, a new report warns. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

More than 2,200 children are being suspended from school every day as headteachers mete out "short, sharp shocks" to tackle bad behaviour. Pupils were sent home 425,600 times from English schools last year - compared to 344,510 just four years earlier.

Lack of field trips 'leave children ignorant of nature'. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Children are being "left ignorant of nature" because field trips are being cut due to fears of health and safety litigation, a new report warns. The report, by Greg Barker, the shadow environment minister, reveals 92 per cent of volunteer youth leaders think Britain's "risk averse" culture is preventing children from going on educational wildlife and nature trips.

Forty per cent of girls aged 9 or 10 have been on diets, an expert claims. We look at a trend that is also increasing among boys. (The Times)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Just over a year ago, around the time of his ninth birthday, Zach Hewitt, a Surrey schoolboy, began doing a few exercises. The odd stomach crunch or bicep curl - nothing too extreme. Then one day he looked in the mirror and decided that he had to do much, much more: he had to get serious about fitness.

A test which was designed to measure the mental toughness of athletes could be introduced in schools, in the hope of improving poor GCSE exam results. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The attitude test is comprised of 48 questions which gauge ability to cope under pressure, resilience, confidence and self-control

The degree system in British universities is "rotten" with grades based on "arbitrary and unreliable" measures, according to the university watchdog. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Peter Williams, chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), which is responsible for standards in higher education, also warned that the influx of students from overseas was pushing standards down because they expected their fees would automatically buy them a degree.

Low-performing schools to get £1m each to lift standards. (The Guardian)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The schools secretary, Ed Balls, yesterday promised £1m for every struggling secondary modern as he launched a concerted attack on selective education and the 164 remaining grammar schools, saying they were consigning children to failure from the age of 11.

Rise in teen abortions prompts call for reform of sex education. (The Times)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Half of pregnancies among girls under 18 are now ending in abortions although the number of pregnancies is falling, an analysis by The Times has shown.

Grammar schools condemn thousands to failure, says Ed Balls. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Ed Balls, the Children's Secretary, launched his most brutal attack yet on grammar schools, accusing them of condemning thousands of pupils to educational failure.

The number of under age girls having abortions has risen by 10 per cent in one year, official figures have revealed. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

In total there were 205,600 abortions carried out in England and Wales in 2007 a 2.2 per cent rise on the previous year.

The hell of being an asylum seeker. (The Observer)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Meet Sergey. He's a doctor. He's also an asylum seeker who is forced to survive on £35 of Asda vouchers a week. Award-winning novelist Mark Haddon discovers the horror of being a refugee in the UK today

Family courts out of touch says judge. (Daily Mail)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A senior family judge has attacked the present system of family courts run by a “self-selecting great and good and a professional judiciary” as out of tune with society.

Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks. (The Guardian)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people's music ownership has found.

Doctors raise fears over new placebo pill for children. (The Guardian)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A fruit-flavoured placebo pill that tricks small children into thinking they are getting medical treatment is to be launched in Britain despite concerns from childcare experts.

More smuggled children arrive in UK as Afghan violence escalates. (The Guardian)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The number of Afghan children discovered being smuggled through Dover has risen dramatically in the last 12 months after a surge in violence between Taliban and Nato forces in Afghanistan.

Some 60,000 of the highest achieving school leavers a year are failing to reach university, according to research. (The Guardian)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Educational records of every child who started secondary school in 1997 - the year Labour came to power - show there are 60,000 who scored in the top 20% in tests at 11, 14 or 16 but still dropped out of education. The lost pupils are significantly more likely to be from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Compulsory lessons urged on forced marriage and 'honour' violence. (The Guardian)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Lessons about "honour"-based violence and forced marriage should be an explicit statutory requirement in British schools and become a compulsory part of the sex and relationships curriculum, MPs said today.

Telephone manners are dying out as children abandon the traditional greeting of "Hello". (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A third of young people aged 18 to 24 say they answer their mobile phones with greetings such as "hi", "yo" or "what's up".

Traditional school uniforms and house systems should be introduced to drive up education standards, according to Ofsted. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Failing schools can make "substantial" improvements by demanding pupils are well turned out, said the education watchdog.

Good schools will be able to expand to admit more pupils under new Government plans. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

They will be allowed to take additional children at the start of the year - even if they are officially full, ministers said.

Scouts refuse to allow boy who won't swear to Queen. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

An eight-year-old boy has been told he cannot become a Cub Scout after refusing to swear allegiance to the Queen.

Two children are learning to live without their mobile phones after becoming so badly addicted to the technology they were admitted to a mental health clinic. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Two children are learning to live without their mobile phones after becoming so badly addicted to the technology they were admitted to a mental health clinic.

Schools are being thrown into turmoil by government threats to turn them into academies, headteachers have claimed. (The Guardian)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

They reacted yesterday after the schools secretary Ed Balls announced that local authorities have 50 days to come up with individual plans to improve results, through tailored support for headteachers, by removing struggling schools' governing bodies, or partnering them with a good local school.

Up. Up. Up. Child poverty, pensioner poverty, inequality. (The Guardian)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Gordon Brown's flagship anti-poverty campaign received a triple blow yesterday with news that a rise in both child and pensioner poverty had left Britain a more unequal country than when Labour came to power in 1997

We're failing in our war on child poverty, ministers will admit. (Daily Mail)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Labour is being forced to admit that it is not on track to meet its flagship pledge to halve child poverty by 2010.

Children are being failed by councils which are struggling to tackle levels of teenage pregnancy, substance abuse and obesity, according to the Government's watchdog. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Children are being failed by councils which are struggling to tackle levels of teenage pregnancy, substance abuse and obesity, according to the Government's watchdog.

Knives sold to under-18s by one third of shops. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Test purchases carried out by council trading standards officers near Manchester found that one in three shops were flouting the ban.

Archbishop of Canterbury criticises Gordon Brown's teenage knife plan. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Dr Rowan Williams said an "alarming" number of children were already behind bars and that there are better ways to deal with young criminals.

More parents getting loans to pay for private education. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

More parents are taking out loans to pay for independent school fees as the credit crisis starts to bite, according to a report.

Lord Adonis plans all-through schools for children aged five to 18. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Lord Adonis, the schools minister, called for a "significant" rise in the number of schools for pupils aged five to 18 – to stop pupil performance dipping between primary and secondary level

I will close up to 270 failing schools to improve standards, says minister. (The Guardian)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Ed Balls, the schools secretary, will reveal today that up to 270 schools will be closed in the next three years for underperformance and replaced with academies and a new generation of trust schools.

Free swimming for all by 2012 in £130m campaign for a healthier Britain. (The Times)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Free swimming for all will be promised today in a sports shake-up aimed at making Britain healthier and more successful in international competitions. Charges at 1,600 municipal pools are to be scrapped – initially for 20 million over-60s and under-16s.

Knife education for under-16s. (The Guardian)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Children under 16 caught carrying a blade in public are to be sent on day-long courses at which hospital staff will educate them about injuries caused by stabbing. Under the package of measures agreed by Gordon Brown yesterday they may also be taken on prison visits to show them the consequences of a custodial sentence.

Mother of stabbed girl accuses police of failing her. (The Guardian)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The mother of Arsema Dawit, the 15-year-old who was stabbed to death in a tower block in south London, yesterday accused police of having failed to protect her daughter.

Mother facing jail for abandoning toddler. (The Guardian)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A 22-year-old mother who left her two-year-old son alone in a flooded kitchen while she spent a weekend with her boyfriend was yesterday found guilty of child cruelty. Kelly Tollerton was told that a jail sentence was "almost inevitable" after a jury heard how she left the toddler penned in the kitchen to fend for himself.

Parents' bad habits behind child tooth decay. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Half of under-fives suffer from tooth decay and a quarter of parents do not even think children need to brush their teeth twice a day, a charity has said. Tooth decay in British children is among the worst in Europe, yet many parents are neglecting their child's oral health.

Ed Balls: Giving drink to young may be banned. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Under a law from 1933, adults are allowed to give children as young as five a drink at home. However, as the Government launched its Youth Alcohol Action Plan yesterday to reduce the growing number of teenagers who are drinking at dangerous levels, ministers hinted that the legislation could be changed. Asked if the age could be raised following a review into safe drinking levels for children, Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, said: "Nothing is ruled out."

Education 'severely compromised' by testing

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Primary school children's education is being "severely compromised" by the emphasis on national tests, according to a leading academic.

Dumbing down maths tests 'threat to economy' (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

GCSEs are "considerably" easier than tests sat 50 years ago as questions are simplified to make them more relevant to modern teenagers, it said.

Ministers put campaign to curb alcohol adverts on hold. (The Guardian)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Ministers have postponed further curbs on alcohol advertising and cut-price supermarket drink promotions despite police complaints that lager is being sold more cheaply than sparkling water.

Change to birth laws means an end to 'fatherless' children. (The Times)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

All fathers will be required to sign their baby’s birth certificate under a change in the law designed to ensure that both parents are involved in a child’s life.

Schoolgirl stabbed to death in frenzied attack

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A 15-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed to death yesterday in the lift of a block of Central London flats in a frenzied knife attack after returning home from class.

Abortion: limit stays at 24 weeks. (The Guardian)

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Britain's abortion laws survived their most serious challenge in two decades last night when MPs from across the House of Commons rejected a cross-party attempt to reduce the upper limit of 24 weeks, and they threw out other restrictions tabled by the pro-life camp.

Pupils from state schools are missing out on £90,000 salaries as teachers refuse to push them towards elite universities, according to a new study. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Half of comprehensive school students believe there is no difference in earning potential associated with a degree from a top university compared with a former polytechnic, it was disclosed.

The Government's justice reforms have had little impact on youth crime and ministers have "overstated" their success, it was claimed on Tuesday. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00 GMT

A report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) at King's College London said most targets had been missed despite a "substantial" increase in spending.

Stabbed teen's parents plead for end to violence. (Independent)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Change must come 'from within', say Mizen family, before memorial service

Cry for help from debt-ridden middle class. (The Times)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

A debt advice charity is being overwhelmed by demands for help in some of the most affluent parts of the country. Transact, which represents more than a thousand organisations and individuals involved with people suffering financial hardship, said last night that the number of middle-class people wanting advice was rising dramatically.

Parents to get power to call in school inspectors. (The Times)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Parents will be able to instigate an Ofsted inspection of their child’s school if they feel that teachers are coasting or failing to stretch pupils to their full potential, under an important reform of the school inspection system.

Now cash-strapped families abandon their pets - because they can't afford to care for them (Daily Mail)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Home-owners are abandoning their pets as they struggle to cope with the rising cost of living.

Stressed pregnant women are more likely to have children with allergies. (Daily Mail)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Women who are stressed in pregnancy, possibly by financial or relationship problems, are more likely to have babies who suffer from asthma and allergies, say researchers.

Veggie sausages contain FIVE TIMES as much salt as a bag of crisps. (Daily Mail)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Many parents regard them as the healthy alternative, but some leading brands of vegetarian burgers and sausages contain higher levels of salt than their meat equivalents.

Thousands of children to get a DOUBLE jab of MMR in 'emergency' move to tackle measles epidemic. (Daily Mail)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Thousands of babies and toddlers are being given two doses of the MMR jab in three months under "emergency" measures to tackle the biggest outbreak of measles for decades.

Universities in backlash against 'soft' subjects now accounting for one in three of all A-levels. (Daily Mail)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Universities are warning that students who take too many 'soft' A-levels run the risk of rejection.

Parents demand Gremlins TV ad probe. (The Guardian)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The ad watchdog has received several complaints that BT's TV ad featuring Dragons' Den star Peter Jones being harassed by the Gremlins is frightening and distressing to young children.

The Department of Health is launching the first stage of a £10m drive to tackle binge drinking with a TV campaign about the units of alcohol in different drinks. (The Guardian)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Different TV ads in the campaign, which break tonight, will target male and female drinkers.

Report backs expansion of cadet corps in state schools. (The Guardian)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

State school pupils will be encouraged to sign up for military training with the cadet corps under a review of the armed forces which is published today.

Childhood inquiry looks at education policies · Professor points to 'privatisation' effect. (The Guardian)

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

An inquiry ordered by the schools secretary, Ed Balls, into the impact of the commercial world on children is to investigate the government's own policies of encouraging schools to link up to businesses and setting up sponsored academies.

A coalition of Britain's leading medical charities will today urge MPs to approve stem cell research using human-animal hybrid embryos, as the Commons prepares for a landmark vote on the issue.

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The open letter, whose signatories include the Parkinson's Disease Society and the British Heart Foundation, says that allowing the creation of hybrid embryos could lead to crucial advances in the treatment of a range of serious diseases.

One in three young people living in cities thinks it is acceptable to carry a knife in self-defence because violence is so rife, according to research revealed today. (Observer)

Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Teenagers and twenty-somethings have lost faith in politicians, the police or schools to protect them and increasingly believe they need to be armed to defend themselves against people of their own age. Nearly half said they knew someone who had been a victim of knife crime.

School dinners to go up as food prices increase. (Observer)

Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00 GMT

School dinners face an increase in price because of the rising cost of food, tough new nutritional standards and a decline in the number of pupils opting for the meals. Figures from the School Food Trust reveal that 43 per cent of English councils made a loss on their school meals last year.

Britain's couch potato children are now among the fattest in Europe. (Daily Mail)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

British children are among the worst in a Europe-wide obesity league table, with around a third weighing more than they should.

20 mph limit for urban streets to cut road deaths. (The Times)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The speed limit on thousands of residential roads will be reduced to 20mph under government moves designed to cut road deaths by a third over the next decade.

Youth teams fail to halt increase in reoffending. (The Times)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Youth justice teams failed to meet any of their targets to cut reoffending rates for youngsters, according to figures published yesterday. In fact, the number of children aged 10-12 in custody was higher than expected.

The number of crimes carried out by girls has risen sharply as the emergence of a “ladette” culture linked to underage drinking is blamed for a surge in violence. (The Times)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Offences of criminal damage, public disorder, robbery and minor assaults carried out by females under 18 have all increased, figures released yesterday reveal.

A violent crimewave among girls, some as young as 10, has been fuelled by Britain's binge drinking culture, it was claimed today. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

According to the Home Office figures girls between 10 and 17 a quarter more crimes this year compared with a same survey three years ago.

An attempt to lower the legal abortion time limit will be opposed by Gordon Brown during next week's vote on the issue. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The Prime Minister said yesterday that he would vote against any proposals to reduce the 24-week limit as he believed there was no scientific evidence to support a change in the law.

Primary school children could soon be undergoing stomach-stapling surgery as Britain's obesity epidemic worsens, a senior medical director has warned. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Steve Ryan, of Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, said "significant numbers" of children aged two and three were being classed as obese. Conditions normally seen in middle age, such as Type 2 diabetes and sleep apnoea, were increasingly common among teenagers, he warned.

GCSE and A-level students should not always expect to receive the correct marks in tests, according to the new examinations watchdog. (The Daily Telegraph)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Kathleen Tattersall, the chairman of Ofqual, said the public had a "simplistic" expectation that the marking system should be "perfect".

The new exams watchdog is to conduct a "health check" of all school tests and exams amid concerns that standards are not being met. (The Guardian)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator will be formally launched today with a promise to investigate the "reliability" of exams

Scotland Yard has admitted its officers have been photographing children who are stopped and searched even after they have been found to be innocent. (The Guardian)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Police in Lambeth, south London, claim the tactic helps fight street crime and insist the pictures are kept on a database only for intelligence-gathering purposes. But the civil rights group Liberty has condemned the measure, and a leading community group working with the police has described the tactic as "sinister".

Pressure grows for guardians to protect trafficked children. (Guardian Unlimited)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Leading politicians from the three main parties are putting pressure on the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, to halt the disappearance from care of hundreds of suspected victims of child trafficking.

Tesco bans parents from buying alcohol if they are with their OWN children. (Daily Mail)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Parents shopping with their own children are being refused alcohol by over-zealous supermarket staff - for fear they are supplying drink to minors.

Focus on Fostering (The Independent)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Foster Care Fortnight

One in eight children aged 11 to 16 has been the victim of a “hot product” theft, including mobile phones and MP3 players, in the past three years, according to a study published today. (The Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The study showed that one in three of victims was listening to music on headphones, talking, texting or playing on a games console when the property was snatched.

Ofsted to keep closer watch on classrooms. (The Guardian)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Ofsted is to send more inspectors into lessons to observe teachers at work, following criticisms that its reports are focusing too much on schools' test results and not enough on the culture in the classroom.

Schools are breaking the law with CCTV cameras, experts have warned. (The Daily Telegraph)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

CameraWatch, a national advisory group, found none of the 60 schools it surveyed met strict guidelines on the use of CCTV footage.

Secondary school pupils should be allowed to opt out of religious education classes and assemblies, according to a group of MPs. (The Daily Telegraph)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The cross-party joint committee on human rights has said in a report that mature and intelligent children should be able to choose not to join in with religious activity at school.

Binge-drinking blamed for rise in girl violence. (The Daily Telegraph)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

A violent crimewave among girls, some as young as 10, has been fuelled by Britain's binge drinking culture, it was claimed today.

The "quick-fix culture" is damaging children's ability to master sport and music, a leading headmaster warned yesterday. (Daily Mail)

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Jonathan Milton of Westminster Abbey Choir School said youngsters increasingly lacked the patience to acquire skills such as choral singing.

Man arrested over murder of teenager. (The Guardian)

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Police investigating the murder of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen in a bakery last weekend arrested a 19-year-old man yesterday. Jimmy, a 6ft 4in committed Christian, was stabbed to death in an "unprovoked and vicious" assault at the Three Cooks bakery in Lee, south-east London, less than 500 metres from his home.

Met extends powers to stop and search youths. (The Guardian)

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Police officers in London were last night using powers that allow them to stop and search youths without having reasonable suspicion in an attempt to stem the tide of stabbing deaths on the capital's streets.

A generation of young Britons are growing up in "shameless" families where parents lack the basic skills to raise their children, the Conservatives will warn today. (The Daily Telegraph)

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Chris Grayling, the shadow work and pensions secretary, will claim that in some parts of the country there is no culture of parents instilling discipline and respect in their offspring.

Number of crimes committed by girls soars 25% in just THREE YEARS (Daily Mail)

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Crime committed by girls - some as young as ten - has soared by 25 per cent, official figures will reveal this week.

Criminals convicted of carrying knives are likely to escape jail under sentencing guidelines issued on Monday. (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Magistrates have been told that the "starting point" for sentencing many offenders caught with knives should be a community order.

MPs warn that national Sats tests distort education. (The Guardian)

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00 GMT

National Sats tests have distorted the education of millions of children, depressing their chances of going to university or getting a job, and should be radically reformed, MPs say.

Police seek new witnesses to bakery killing. (The Guardian)

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Detectives leading the hunt for the killer of a south-east London teenage boy yesterday appealed for fresh witnesses as they examined CCTV film of local streets.

Abolish Sats tests for pupils, urge MPs (The Daily Telegraph)

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Tests taken by more than a million pupils every year should be scrapped because they "distort" their education, MPs say today.

Sector alarmed by hike in care proceedings fees (Community Care)

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00 GMT

The Children's Commissioners for England and Wales have expressed fears that a massive increase in court fees for care proceedings could put vulnerable children at risk.

The price of fame

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Turning your child into a star will cost £70,000 and more than double the amount of becoming a doctor

Let Dads spend night in ward after birth

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Fathers should be allowed to stay overnight in hospital after the birth of their baby, according to a senior government adviser on maternity services. (The Times)

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What can the Children's Commissioner do to make life better for children and young people in England?

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Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00 GMT

What makes you happy?

Happy & Healthy Celebration Event - Newcastle

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION, led by the Children's Commissioner for England, has been working throughout 2007/08 on a national project called 'Happy + Healthy'.

Happy & Healthy Celebration Event - Mexborough

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION, led by the Children's Commissioner for England, has been working throughout 2007/08 on a national project called 'Happy + Healthy'.

Annual Event Planning Residential

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Children and young people are getting together for further work on planning our 11MILLION Annual Event.

Happy & Healthy Celebration Event - Tamworth

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION, led by the Children's Commissioner for England, has been working throughout 2007/08 on a national project called 'Happy + Healthy'.

Meeting with the South East Directors of Children's Services

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Sir Al, along with Rob, our Chief Executive, are having a meeting with all the Directors of Children's Services for the South East of England.

Kings College Youth Justice Event

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

An event at Kings College where Sir Al will be a panel member in a discussion on youth justice and youth offending.

Happy & Healthy Celebration Event - Manchester

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION, led by the Children's Commissioner for England, has been working throughout 2007/08 on a national project called 'Happy + Healthy'.

Gun & Knife Crime Residential

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The groups working on Gun and Knife Crime get together for their first residential to review aspects of the project and talk about how their work is going and what they would like to do next.

Good Childhood Inquiry Panel

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The Good Childhood Inquiry meet to discuss their concluding observations from their work.

11 MILLION's 1 Year Plan

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Annual Report and Audited Accounts 2006/07

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Happy and Healthy summary report

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION has been investigating what makes children and young people in England happy and healthy. This report is a summary of what children and young people have been telling us.

Carrying knives and bladed weapons

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00 GMT

Carrying knives and bladed weapons: an 11 MILLION submission to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Child and Youth Crime, May 2008.

11 MILLION Children Matter No. 1 Part 2 - Young Asylum Seekers

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION Children Matter No.3 - Happy & Healthy

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION Children Matter No.4 - New Website

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION's 5 Year Plan

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Prison Mother and Baby Units - do they meet the best interests of the child?

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Claiming asylum at a screening unit as an unaccompanied child

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

The Children's Commissioner's findings and recommendations regarding the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the London Borough of Hillingdon

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00 GMT

The Draft Revised Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practise - a joint response.

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

A joint response from 11 MILLION and the Royal College of Psychiatrists to the consultation on the Draft Revised Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practise. This response focuses on the issues relevant to children and young people.

Invitation to tender: literature review on gun and knife crime

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

This document is aimed at organisations tendering to undertake a literature review on children and young people's involvement in gun and knife crime. The deadline for responses in midday on 7 July.

UK Children's Commissioners' Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The Children's Commissioners from the four nations of the United Kingdom submit their report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

External Complaints Procedure

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION's External Complaints Procedure

Kinship Care submission

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Kinship Care: a submission to the Children in Care Green Paper Team 2006.

Green Paper: Youth Matters Consultation 2005

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The Pupil Inclusion Unite at the National Children's Bureau (NCB) conducted a series of fifteen consultation events at thirteen venues on behalf of 11 MILLION (then the Office of the Children's Commissioner) during October 2005.

Yarl's Wood Report 2005

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

A report from an announced visit to Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.

Remuneration Committee constitution

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The Audit and Risk Committee constitution

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

The Children's Commissioner is advised by an Audit and Risk Committee of four members, whose remit includes advising on all risks, risk management issues, and providing scrutiny over the financial affairs of the office. The members of the Audit and Risk Committee are as follows: Terry Price (Chair); Shujahat Aslam; Christine Barwell; Mark Elridge.

Risk Management Strategy

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION's Risk Management Strategy

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 18 Mar 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 13 Feb 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 18 Jan 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 26 Nov 2007

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 25 Sept 2007

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 16 July 2007

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 21 June 2007

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 1 May 2007

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 23 May 2007

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes of the Strategic Board Meeting

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from the meeting of the members of the Strategic Board - all the managers who make high level decisions here at 11MILLION.

Minutes of the Operational Management Meeting

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Minutes from our Management Meeting held on 29th May 2008

The Children's Commissioners findings and recommendations regarding the care of unaccompanied asylum seekers in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION Children Matter No.2 Part 1 - 'Shout Out' Annual Event

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

Artwork produced by children and young people at 11 MILLION's 2007 annual event

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

During Shout Out, 11 MILLION's 2007 event for children and young people, participants had the opportunity to share their views through art workshops. Read about how it went and see the art produced in this report.

11 MILLION Children Matter No. 1 Part 1 - Young Asylum Seekers

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION Children Matter No.2 Part 2 - 'Shout Out' Annual Event

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION Children Matter no. 5 PART 1

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Find out how you've been helping 11 MILLION change lives this year in part 1 of our summer 2008 publication for children and young people.

11 MILLION Children Matter no. 5 PART 2

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT

Find out how you can help 11 MILLION change lives next year in part 2 of our summer 2008 publication for children and young people.

Report on children's views on food and drink advertising

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

This paper sets out children's views on non-broadcast food and drink advertising. Their views on this topic have been canvassed by the National Children's Bureau on behalf of 11 MILLION. The views of children informed proposals developed by the Food and Drink Advertising and Promotion Forum to restrict non-broadcast food and drink advertising to children and promote positive food choices.

Pushed into the shadows

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

The Children’s Commissioner for England commissioned this work because of serious concerns about the inappropriate use of adult mental health wards for young people, the slow rate of progress in phasing this out and the deficiencies in the quality of treatment and care provided to the young people placed on adult psychiatric wards.

Response to Home Office consultation paper on tackling anti-social behaviour

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

UK Government policy on anti-social behaviour is a key area of concern for the Children’s Commissioner. Over the last year and a half, we have monitored the impact of the anti-social behaviour agenda on the rights of children and young people in England, with particular reference to ASBOs and dispersal orders.

Comprehensive Spending Review – Submission to HM Treasury

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

11 MILLION welcomes the establishment of the Policy Review and the four sub-reviews and the opportunity to give evidence to inform the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007. Each of the reviews raise a number of issues which are of major concern to the Children’s Commissioner, some of which are addressed in this response.

Annual Report and Audited Accounts 2005/06

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Memorandum to Joint Committee on Human Rights

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

In March 2006 the Joint Committee on Human Rights invited all UK Children’s Commissioners to summarise their activity and learning. This document describes how the 11 MILLION has addressed children and young people’s rights.

A report on measuring children’s height and weight in school

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Report commissioned to consult children aged 4-11 years about their views on the implementation of the government's proposals to measure children’s height and weight at primary school.

Bullying Today

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

This report brings together analysis of national and local strategy and frameworks, academic theory and evidence base, and the experiences and views of children and young people to provide a comprehensive picture of bullying today.

Response to a Consultation on the Proposal by the Department for Work and Pensions to Introduce a Housing Benefit Sanction for Anti-social Behaviour

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

The Government’s agenda on anti-social behaviour is a policy priority for 11 MILLION. While we acknowledge the serious impacts of disorderly, threatening and uncivil behaviour on our communities, we are, at the same time, very concerned about the Government’s response.

DH Response to Pushed into the Shadows

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Letter from the Department of Health responding to recommendations arising from 11 MILLION's report "Pushed into the Shadows - Young people's experience of adult mental health facilities."

Working with sexually active people under 18 - 11MILLION response

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT

Response of 11 MILLION to the pan-London protocol: Working with sexually active people under 18.