Child neglect worsening as professionals warn of ‘disastrous combination’ of poverty and struggling
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Ninety per cent of frontline workers said poverty was a driving factor in cases of child neglect.
By Holly Bancroft, Social Affairs Correspondent
Cases of child neglect are being fuelled by a ‘disastrous combination’ of support services being hollowed out and the cost of living crisis, professionals have warned.
New research from children’s charity NSPCC has found that frontline workers feel unable to support families in crisis and are unsure that cases of neglect are being acted on when they...
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