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News Insight: Safeguarding - Baby P and the lessons for the children's workforce

20 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Early analysis of the case of Baby P points to failings in practice rather than procedure or process. Ruth Smith examines the fallout and asks what needs to be done...

Care Leavers Special Report: 'It felt like they had just given up'

30 October 2008, Children & Young People Now

Despite legislative and policy changes over the past eight years, many care leavers still struggle to access the practical and emotional support they need.

Care Leavers Special Report: The Support Care Leavers Need

30 October 2008, Children & Young People Now

What do recent care leavers think about the help they get?

Analysis: Labour Party Conference - Labour ups bid to put children first

1 October 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Labour Party gathered for its annual conference in Manchester last week. Lauren Higgs reports on Gordon Brown's fight back and how policies on children fit in.

Analysis: Family law - Legal proceedings fall after reform

16 July 2008, Children & Young People Now

In April, the Public Law Outline was introduced to help improve the way child protection cases were handled. But new figures show reforms have led to a drop in the...

Analysis: Children's services - Young runaways: a strategy at last

18 June 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government has set out its plans to improve work with the 100,000 under-16s who run away from home or care each year - and it has been hailed as...

Analysis: Asylum seekers' age under scrutiny

12 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

A Court of Appeal ruling has given the courts the final say in cases where an asylum-seeking child's age is under dispute.

Analysis: Child poverty - Why London is the capital of poverty

5 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

According to a report by the London Child Poverty Commission there has been no progress in reducing levels of financial hardship among the capital's families since 2000. The report's authors...

Analysis: Looked-after children - Will the children in care Bill deliver?

21 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

With the reforms in the Children and Young Persons Bill the government hopes to give looked-after children and young people a better future. But do the measures go far enough...

Analysis: Parents kept in dark over SEN rights

7 May 2008, Children & Young People Now

A damning report by the head teacher of a special school has reopened the row over funding for special educational needs. However, a new tool designed by the Audit Commission...