Daily roundup 24 May: Teenage pregnancies, child slavery and Brexit

The number of teenage pregnancies in England has halved in the last 15 years, falling to its lowest level since the 1970s. The Daily Mail reports that experts believe the fall is a result of better sex and relationship education and increased access to contraception.?


A man who said he was forced to work as a child slave after being taken into foster care has received an apology from Nottinghamshire County Council. The BBC reports that Terry Lodge says his foster carers forced him to work from the age of eight when he should have been in school. He was also beaten and starved while in their care.


Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has launched a campaign to reach out to young voters in the EU referendum. He writes in the Huffington Post that the #VOTIN campaign will tell young voters that their generation stands to reap the biggest rewards from staying in the European Union.


Two schools in Kent were evacuated yesterday after they both received bomb threats. Kent Online reports that Canterbury Academy and Barming Primary School in Maidstone were evacuated after anonymous phone calls.?


A £17m fund to help some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged young people has opened for applications. The money, which has been seized from criminals, has been committed to the next phase of CashBack funding and will be used to provide activities and opportunities across Scotland.?