Parents should flee UK to stop social workers taking children

Liberal Democrat MP Mr Hemming warned
that cases can be skewed against parents
because councils hold 'all the cards'

Parents who face having their children taken away by social workers should flee abroad rather than go through the ‘unfair’ family courts, an MP has declared.

Controversial families campaigner John Hemming spoke out as evidence emerged suggesting children are being wrongly taken into care – when injuries caused by vitamin deficiency are assumed to be signs of abuse.

Babies who do not get enough Vitamin D can suffer fractures.

In several cases children have been taken because the courts ruled injuries were caused by mistreatment, a BBC Panorama documentary will claim tonight.

And Liberal Democrat MP Mr Hemming warned that cases can be skewed against parents because councils hold ‘all the cards’.

The chairman of the Justice for Families group said he has been contacted by hundreds of parents who believe they have been unfairly targeted by social services.  (more...)

Parents should flee UK to stop social workers taking children