The Education Secretary has said she is “open-minded” to a ban on smacking children, but she added there are no imminent plans to change the law. It comes after Rachel de Souza, children’s commissioner, said a ban is a necessary safeguarding step and suggested similar measures already in place in Scotland and Wales should be adopted in England. It’s not …
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