Campaigners have been left disappointed after the government revealed that it did not have any plans to ban the smacking of children as a physical punishment in England. A new Bill about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alongside England, Northern Ireland is one of two places in Britain and Ireland to not have completely outlawed smacking children ...

Smacking children as a form of punishment could result in lower school grades or lead to riskier teenage behaviour, a study has found. Researchers from the University College London (UCL) studied the ...

Proposals to make smacking children illegal have been dropped from new laws making their way through the Northern Ireland Assembly. Some say a ban would have offered young people legal protection ...

Alongside England, Northern Ireland is one of two places in Britain and Ireland to not have completely outlawed smacking children Proposals to make smacking children illegal have been dropped from new ...