On 11th February 2026, the Ministry of Justice announced that they have launched a ‘strategy’ to tackle the rise in knife crime among children and young people. The strategy proposes to place every child caught carrying a knife on an ‘action plan’ with the aim of guiding them away from a life of crime. Deputy…
On 21st January 2026 the House of Lords voted in support of Lord Nash’s amendment to the ‘Children, Schools and Wellbeing Bill’, which would ban the use of social media for children under the age of 16. A few days previously, on 19th January, the Government announced that it was launching a consultation on the…
Prime Minister accuses parents of ‘opting out of their responsibility to the State’! On the 5th of February 2026, in a speech in Hastings the Prime Minster Keir Starmer set out a communitarian vision for Britain where everyone is engaged in a ‘common endeavour.’ He suggested that there are people working against this ‘common endeavour’…
On the 27th of May 2025, the Government launched a strategy document entitled: Freedom from violence and abuse: A cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls. The strategy’s primary purpose is to fulfil a manifesto pledge to halve violence against women and girls. Through the ‘strategy’ the Government promises to increase…
ParentPower Book Review: Relationship and Sex Education in Schools (RSE) and Catholic Christian Truth (2025) Dr Charlie O’Donnell has produced an excellent resource for Catholic parents entitled ‘Relationship and Sex Education in Schools (RSE) and Catholic Christian Truth.’ It is an outstanding work which concisely and sensitively explains Catholic Christian positions on key issues regarding…
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill — January 2026 Update The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, first introduced to Parliament on 17 December 2024, has now completed its journey through the House of Commons and is being examined in the House of Lords. It is currently at the report stage, a phase expected to continue for…
Girlguides is again just for girls Across the UK 300,000 children are part of the Girlguiding movement which encompasses four different groups for different ages: Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers. According to their ‘equality and diversity’ policy (which lists the ‘protected characteristics’ taken from the Equality Act 2010), Girlguiding is committed to remaining a single-sex…
In the wake of the April 2024 publication of the ‘Cass Review’, there was substantial hope that children would not be subjected to drugs that delay the onset of puberty, known colloquially as ‘puberty blockers.’ In her review, Dr Hilary Cass said that the long-term consequences of so-called ‘puberty blockers’ are entirely unknown, and she…
The Erosion of Individual and Parental Rights in UNESCO’s ‘Reimagining Our Futures Together’ UNESCO’s Reimagining Our Futures Together (2021) presents an ambitious vision for a “new social contract for education” grounded in co-operation, sustainability, and the collective good. It has recently come to attention again because of its renewed prominence at the recent Agenda 2030…
Reform UK accused by Academy Trust of fuelling ‘far-right’ and ‘extremist’ views The shifting sands of the political compass are enough to confound anyone. It is increasingly hard, for instance, to decipher what it means to be ‘left wing’ or ‘right wing.’ Some of the qualities that we might once have ascribed to the ‘right’…
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