Sharp increase in UK child sexual abuse during pandemic

Children’s homes warn of struggle to keep residents safe as more time spent online puts young people at greater risk
Lockdown was supposed to make us all safer and save lives. But for some vulnerable young people the opposite has been true.Sajid Javid, the former chancellor, warned last month that isolation was creating a “perfect storm” for child sexual abuse. With most pupils not back at school before September, children are spending more time online, putting them at greater