The coronavirus pandemic has seen more children affected by domestic abuse needing to be taken into care, with social workers saying many young people are living in ‘constant fear’.In Tameside, chiefs have revealed that domestic abuse is a ‘key feature’ of number of cases being escalated through the legal care process.Director of children’s services, Richard Hancock told councillors there has been a ‘significant upturn’ in domestic violence-related activity with the department.It comes as the monthly number of contacts to the NSPCC helpline about youngsters living in violent homes in the north west have almost doubled.In the five months to August, there were more than 4,500 concerns raised by members of the public.The charity is now calling.
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