CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Tackling CSE needs more 'statutory teeth'

Chief executives have been urged to provide challenge as well as support to their council’s efforts to tackle the widespread problem of child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Chief executives have been urged to provide challenge as well as support to their council's efforts to tackle the widespread problem of child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Speaking at a summit on CSE attended by senior local government leaders this week, Gillian Norton, chief executive of Richmond upon Thames LBC, called on her colleagues to be ‘present' for their children's services staff.

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