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Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Interview: Helen Dent, chief executive, Family Action

The main political parties all waxed lyrical about what they would do for families in the run-up to the general election. But Helen Dent, chief executive of charity Family Action since 1996, believes rhetoric must now give way to something more purposeful.

Search operator - Martin Houghton-Brown, chief executive, Missing People

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  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009
  • | CYP Now
One child is reported missing in the UK every five minutes. Of the 100,000 children aged under 16 who run away each year, around 10,000 are hurt while away from home. And last year, the charity Missing People received 68,000 calls from children who had run away. That's why its new chief executive is determined to ensure the organisation is at the centre of efforts to find children.

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