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by Lamiat Sabin
Parliamentary reporter
CHARITIES are calling on peers to make councils legally obliged to provide counselling for children affected by domestic abuse during coronavirus lockdowns.
Phone calls made by adults worried about children’s welfare to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (NSPCC) helpline have risen 50 per cent during the pandemic, the charity has said.
It comes as Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the government is a “long, long, long way” from being able to lift lockdown restrictions in England.
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
