CRAM: the Met helps with home educators’ enquiries

In the wake of revelations that “home educated”, “disability” and “privately fostered” are listed as risk factors by the Metropolitan Police Service in its operational policy known as CRAM (Child Risk Assessment Matrix), alongside “co-sleeping”, “substance abuse”, “sexualised behaviour” and various other Read More …

Lies and deceit infect the Met? Or were the CRAM creators conned?

A member of our community forums has brought to our attention a policy known as CRAM (Child Assessment Risk Matrix) which was developed by the Metropolitan Police Service in the wake of the Baby P case. Naturally, they were aided and abetted Read More …

Defence of Civil Liberties, Democracy and the Value of Families in Society

By Spartacus Lincolnshire County Council recently decided to take no further action to prevent a father allowing his seven-year-old daughter to walk alone to a bus stop, leading to this BBC discussion of the “responsibilities of the parents and the state”. The Read More …