Fact checks including family courts, fostering, adoption and children’s medical treatment
The government did announce a real terms reduction of 40% to the Ministry of Justice but ultimately reduced funding by 25% between 2010/11 and 2019/20. Read
You’re legally a child until the age of 18, but the minimum legal age is 16 for some things. Read
The term 'pregnant woman' is not being banned by the government. It’s not even being discouraged. Read
Several outlets report that the most senior family court judge in England and Wales says that public money is being "squandered" on lawyers. Did he? Read
Senior judges say that England and Wales is unusual in permitting non-consensual, or "forced", adoption. Academic research tells a subtly different story. Read
A widely reported story about a judge refusing to allow a child to live with her grandparents, because they were too old, is proved wrong by the judgment. Read
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