Family law changed to protect children from abusive parents

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Keir Starmer met with a mother whose two sons were killed by their abusive father to discuss changes to the "presumption of contact" law, which assumes children benefit from contact with both parents. Claire Throssell has campaigned for over a decade in her son's names and the Government has now said it will repeal the law under the Children Act 1989.   Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Thank you for inviting me.

00:02No, no, no. I mean, I've forgotten you've been through.

00:06It's amazing your campaign, frankly.

00:10Is it 11 years tomorrow?

00:1211 years tomorrow.

00:14I've got two kids.

00:16I don't know whether I'd be having my way to have a change.

00:20We are going to deliver this.

00:22We're going to deliver this.

00:24We said we would, and we will.

00:26And we'll bring that amendment in.

00:28Reverse this presumption.

00:30Did it from low.

00:32That's the two boys.

00:34That's the two boys.

00:36Yeah, so that's Jack.

00:38And that's Paul.

00:40That's a fantastic photo.

00:42It is. Yeah, they were at a concert

00:44because Jack used to play and they went,

00:46right, take hand away now.

00:50Hello. Good to see you.

00:52Good to see you again.

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