Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailThe government faces anger after axing legal protections for England's most vulnerable children during the coronavirus pandemic. Separate legal protections have also been suspended for children in social care - prompting the Children's Commissioner to raise urgent fears. Meanwhile, the government also changed protections for children in social care on April 24 in a new law that lasts until September 25. "But as she has said, there is no justification for scrapping protections for vulnerable children in this crisis. But she said Covid-19 "has put new pressures on children’s social care", and social workers must be able to "react".

Source: Daily Mirror May 01, 2020 08:30 UTC