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What to think about the ‘named person’ scheme?
JOHN STEVENSON outlines some of the potential problems with this controversial part of new child safety legislation
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
Claudia Webbe pays tribute tribute to KANYA KING CBE, February 12 1964 to June 3 2026
The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
IN a 40-year social work career, I don’t think I’ve come across legislation more controversial than the “named person” scheme in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act.
You know it’s controversial when it is attacked jointly by a Christian group that’s anti-abortion, the Manifesto Club, and a left-wing social work writer, all under same NO2NP banner.
To be fair, part of the controversy is the complexity of sharing information about a child, a key criticism in most inquiries into the deaths of children.
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