Abusive parents will now be treated like sex offenders and placed on a ‘child cruelty register’

Paula and Tony Hudgell who campaigned for the register (Picture: Invicta Kent Media/Shutterstock)

Abusive parents will be placed on a register like sex offenders are under proposed changes.

The Child Cruelty Register would see parents and caregivers who physically harm children closely monitored by police and face similar restrictions to registered sex offenders.

It would be introduced through an amendment to the Police and Crime Bill and follows extensive campaigning by Paula Hudgell.