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More than 300 police officers have been accused of using their position of authority to sexually exploit people, official data has revealed.

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found the problem of abuse of authority for sexual gain is one that nearly all forces are dealing with, or have dealt with recently.

National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for [...]

Children in London are being placed at risk because of “fundamental deficiencies” in the way that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) understands and responds to child abuse and sexual exploitation, it has emerged.

The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary found that none of the borough or specialist teams assessed in the 2016 inspection of child protection [...]

The chief of Ofsted has slammed some police authorities for failing to take their child protection duties seriously.

Sir Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of Ofsted, has written to his counterpart in the HMI Constabulary raising serious concerns about some police forces approach to child protection and safeguarding children.

Unless some police forces began to take their [...]

Joint Targeted Area Inspections conclude that progress has been made in tackling Child Sexual Exploitation since 2014.

Child Sexual Exploitation can be tackled effectively when all partner agencies take responsibility for their role, work collaboratively with each other and have a shared understanding of how to tackle the exploitation of children, a report has concluded.

Ofsted, Care [...]

Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HMIC and HMIP jointly inspect South Tyneside MBC with a ‘deep-dive’ focus on Child Sexual Exploitation, writes Clare Jerrom.

Social workers in South Tyneside Council are spending too much time gathering information about children because the quality of contacts with partner agencies varies with the risks not always being identified, [...]