County lines epidemic blamed as number of children missing or linked to drugs gangs doubles
County lines drug networks have been blamed for a huge spike in the number of children identified as having links to gangs, after the figure more than doubled in three years. - PA/ County lines drug networks have been blamed for a huge spike in the number of children identified as having links to gangs, Social services in England carried out 8,650 assessments of young people whom they labelled as vulnerable with gangs highlighted as an issue in 2017-18. It marked a significant jump on 2014-15, when 3,680 such cases were recorded. - from ...
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