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Evening Standard
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Evening Standard
Women facing ‘public safety crisis' as a result of immigration, Tories claim
'Many nationalities crossing, for example, Afghans commit up to 20 times more sex offences than average. Louise Casey made that point in her report, and now we have press reporting on the huge scale of the crime committed by illegal immigrants housed in the Government's own asylum hotels.'
South Wales Argus
27-06-2025
- Business
- South Wales Argus
Government climbdown on welfare Bill marks third U-turn this month
Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. – Welfare reforms The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill was put in motion to change who could qualify for certain disability and sickness benefits. The package restricted eligibility for Pip, the main disability payment in England, and cut the health-related element of Universal Credit, in a bid to save £5 billion a year by 2030. But a backbench rebellion of more than 120 Labour MPs forced Sir Keir into a U-turn. In an attempt to appease those MPs, planned cuts will now only affect future applications for benefits, rather than existing claimants. (PA Graphics) – Winter fuel payment The Government scrapped winter fuel payments for pensioners who do not receive pension credits or other means-tested benefits just weeks after it came to power in July. It was described as a 'necessary and responsible' move by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who argued it would help fill the £22 billion fiscal black hole. The Government said that changing the threshold for the payment would save £1.5 billion each year. But at the start of this month, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would reinstate winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority of pensioners who previously received it because anyone with an income of under £35,000 a year will now get the payment automatically. The Government said the change will cost £1.25 billion. The move followed the report by Baroness Louise Casey (James Manning/PA) – Grooming gangs Sir Keir has also U-turned on holding a national inquiry into grooming gangs. In January, the Prime Minister accused those calling for an inquiry of 'jumping on a far-right bandwagon' after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk criticised the UK for its lack of action on the issue. But following the recommendations of a report by Baroness Louise Casey into the scale of group-based child sexual abuse, Sir Keir announced in June that there would be a full national statutory inquiry. The Prime Minister had initially only promised five local inquiries in the most prevalent areas for grooming gangs. Asked about the change, Sir Keir said: 'I've never said we should not look again at any issue.'
Glasgow Times
27-06-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
Government climbdown on welfare Bill marks third U-turn this month
Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. – Welfare reforms The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill was put in motion to change who could qualify for certain disability and sickness benefits. The package restricted eligibility for Pip, the main disability payment in England, and cut the health-related element of Universal Credit, in a bid to save £5 billion a year by 2030. But a backbench rebellion of more than 120 Labour MPs forced Sir Keir into a U-turn. In an attempt to appease those MPs, planned cuts will now only affect future applications for benefits, rather than existing claimants. (PA Graphics) – Winter fuel payment The Government scrapped winter fuel payments for pensioners who do not receive pension credits or other means-tested benefits just weeks after it came to power in July. It was described as a 'necessary and responsible' move by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who argued it would help fill the £22 billion fiscal black hole. The Government said that changing the threshold for the payment would save £1.5 billion each year. But at the start of this month, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would reinstate winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority of pensioners who previously received it because anyone with an income of under £35,000 a year will now get the payment automatically. The Government said the change will cost £1.25 billion. The move followed the report by Baroness Louise Casey (James Manning/PA) – Grooming gangs Sir Keir has also U-turned on holding a national inquiry into grooming gangs. In January, the Prime Minister accused those calling for an inquiry of 'jumping on a far-right bandwagon' after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk criticised the UK for its lack of action on the issue. But following the recommendations of a report by Baroness Louise Casey into the scale of group-based child sexual abuse, Sir Keir announced in June that there would be a full national statutory inquiry. The Prime Minister had initially only promised five local inquiries in the most prevalent areas for grooming gangs. Asked about the change, Sir Keir said: 'I've never said we should not look again at any issue.'
Western Telegraph
27-06-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Government climbdown on welfare Bill marks third U-turn this month
Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. – Welfare reforms The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill was put in motion to change who could qualify for certain disability and sickness benefits. The package restricted eligibility for Pip, the main disability payment in England, and cut the health-related element of Universal Credit, in a bid to save £5 billion a year by 2030. But a backbench rebellion of more than 120 Labour MPs forced Sir Keir into a U-turn. In an attempt to appease those MPs, planned cuts will now only affect future applications for benefits, rather than existing claimants. (PA Graphics) – Winter fuel payment The Government scrapped winter fuel payments for pensioners who do not receive pension credits or other means-tested benefits just weeks after it came to power in July. It was described as a 'necessary and responsible' move by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who argued it would help fill the £22 billion fiscal black hole. The Government said that changing the threshold for the payment would save £1.5 billion each year. But at the start of this month, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would reinstate winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority of pensioners who previously received it because anyone with an income of under £35,000 a year will now get the payment automatically. The Government said the change will cost £1.25 billion. The move followed the report by Baroness Louise Casey (James Manning/PA) – Grooming gangs Sir Keir has also U-turned on holding a national inquiry into grooming gangs. In January, the Prime Minister accused those calling for an inquiry of 'jumping on a far-right bandwagon' after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk criticised the UK for its lack of action on the issue. But following the recommendations of a report by Baroness Louise Casey into the scale of group-based child sexual abuse, Sir Keir announced in June that there would be a full national statutory inquiry. The Prime Minister had initially only promised five local inquiries in the most prevalent areas for grooming gangs. Asked about the change, Sir Keir said: 'I've never said we should not look again at any issue.'
The Guardian
23-06-2025
- The Guardian
Casey review: wider concerns on child welfare must be addressed
Louise Casey's report (Grooming gangs in UK thrived in 'culture of ignorance', Casey report says, 16 June) makes good sense. Nevertheless, her recommendations, and those who must act on them, won't prevent the exploitation and abuse of children in care. In her appearance at the home affairs select committee last week, she highlighted how the system had failed the children 'missing' from care. As so often happens, the system ends up protecting the organisation rather than the child. If children's home workers follow procedure and conduct a return-home interview with the child, they are deemed to have done their job. But in some good children's homes, where workers are supported to be personally and collectively concerned for every child, they will worry; they will stay up all night; sometimes they go out searching for the child, putting themselves at considerable risk. They will do what a good parent would do. Filling forms and following procedures does not protect children. However, such good children's homes are rare. Local and national governments are wary of the risks involved in such direct personal concern and commitment. The owners and directors of children's homes will avoid challenging officialdom, thereby making it more difficult to encourage grownups to make the commitment that every child needs. By attempting to avoid risk and accountability, yet be seen to take action, politicians may make it less likely that children find relationships of direct personal concern in care homes. John BurtonAuthor, Leading Good Care: The Task, Heart and Art of Managing Social Care The limitations of the data regarding perpetrators of child sexual exploitation are, understandably, highlighted once again (Public must 'keep calm' over ethnicity of grooming gang offenders, says Louise Casey, 17 June). But these limitations reflect wider concerns about the robustness of the data collected about child protection issues. As researchers have pointed out for years now, we simply do not collect data that can help us understand the contexts in which children experience harms and, crucially, monitor whether and how these harms are being affected by government policies. For example, while our research highlights the links between poverty and a child's chances of being subject to a child protection intervention, we were not able to establish this link using the data currently being gathered by the Department for Education. Well-informed discussions about the prevalence of child harms are long overdue and should not be restricted to gathering data on any one aspect of identity. Brigid Featherstone Professor emerita, University of Huddersfield I understand Zara Mohammed's concern, but this is not about scapegoating the Pakistani community, it is about seeking to understand why groups of men saw fit to abuse young girls (Dear Yvette Cooper, let the Casey review lead to justice – not the scapegoating of British Pakistani culture, 17 June). It is essential to be honest in investigating whether cultural perceptions in some ethnic male groups mean that they are more predisposed to see young girls as acceptable targets. It is no different from asking if particular groups of young males have misogynistic views and investigating why that has come about. Only by being honest about the causes of abuse can we prevent it in the TweedLuton, Bedfordshire Have an opinion on anything you've read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.
