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Strengthen Safeguards related to Child Removal by Social Services

Submitted by Natalia Smugorzewska on Thursday 6th March 2025

Published on Tuesday 8th April 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 8th October 2025

Signatures: 74

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Child ~ Children ~ Ensure ~ Law ~ Oversight ~ Parliament ~ Prevent ~ Priority ~ Reform ~ Social Services ~ system ~ The Law

Petition Action

Strengthen Safeguards related to Child Removal by Social Services

Petition Details

We urge the UK Government to implement stricter rules to prevent potentially unnecessary child removal. We believe social services should give greater priority to family support, ensure greater transparency, and require clearer evidence before separating children from parents.

Additional Information

We believe the current system can allow for children to be removed without sufficient evidence, which could lead to unjust family separations and trauma for children. We urge Parliament to reform the law so that social services give more priority to family support, operate more transparently, and are subject to greater oversight.


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