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Analysis: Budgets - Critics spot gaps in funding plans

28 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Spending proposals have been announced by the Welsh and Scottish governments, with a raft of pledges to improve services for children and young people. But, as Joe Lepper reports, some...

Analysis: Funding - Youth services: the national picture

4 June 2008, Children & Young People Now

The National Youth Agency's annual audit has provided a snapshot of local authority youth spending as service integration gathers momentum. Joe Lepper examines the key findings and discovers there is...

Analysis: Will parent power shape childcare?

23 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

A report from the think-tank Policy Exchange has called for sweeping changes to the way childcare is funded, arguing money should be given direct to parents. As Ben Cook finds...

Analysis: Youth arts - The final curtain for youth theatre?

13 February 2008, Children & Young People Now

Youth arts groups are among the 185 organisations to have found their funding from the Arts Council terminated. Despite the government's plans for a Youth Culture Trust, Sue Learner discovers...

Special Report: Advice Services - Connexions: what next?

26 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

A CYP Now survey has found that almost one in five Connexions services intend to cut jobs as part of the 1 April move to local authority control. Tristan Donovan...

Analysis: Children's Fund - Threat to flagship prevention work

16 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

For seven years New Labour's flagship Children's Fund has supported vital work with vulnerable children.

Analysis: Health - Maternity services feeling the pinch

5 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

Within three years the NHS has turned a deficit of more than £500m into a potential £1.8bn surplus. But maternity, neonatal and children's health services are still suffering. Cathy Wallace...

Analysis: Child poverty - Critical time for child maintenance

31 October 2007, Children & Young People Now

The latest statistics on the Child Support Agency have confirmed the lack of progress on getting parents the maintenance they and their children are owed. But will the agency's proposed...

Analysis: Public services - Could the Tory proposals work out?

12 September 2007, Children & Young People Now

Released under a storm of internal mud-slinging, the Conservatives' proposals for public services combine a throwback to Thatcherism with innovative ideas for education. They have gained a mixed reaction from...

Analysis: Comprehensive Spending Review - How far will the money stretch?

17 October 2007, Children & Young People Now

The government has unveiled its spending plans for the next three years and outlined where chunks of public money will go.