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Child Poverty Special Report: Stuck on benefits

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Five young women from a YWCA project in Kent talk candidly about their life on benefits. Ruth Smith reports.

Child Poverty Special Report: The poverty trap

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Ten years ago, Labour pledged to abolish child poverty within a generation. Over the next few pages, we examine the progress made so far. But first, Ruth Smith investigates how...

Interview: Annette Brooke MP, children's spokeswoman, Liberal Democrats

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Liberal line on children.

Child Poverty Special Report: Sure start - has it reduced poverty?

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

It's nearly a decade since Labour launched its ambitious Sure Start programme to tackle child poverty. Chloe Stothart investigates the difference it's made.

Analysis: Lib Dem Conference - Lib Dems struggle to make a mark

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Liberal Democrats gathered in Bournemouth last week for their annual conference. But as Alison Bennett discovered, behind the headlines and big speeches, fresh ideas for children's and youth policy...

Labour Conference: Tory family policy "unchanged and unfair"

23 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of changing their image but continuing to pursue "policies that are unchanged and unfair".

Labour Conference: Straw backs local responsibility for child custody

23 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government should legislate to make local authorities responsible for children in custody, according to justice secretary Jack Straw.

Labour Conference: Knight considers change in well-being measurement

23 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Schools minister Jim Knight has agreed to consider allowing schools to measure well-being through self-evaluation.

Labour Conference: ID cards may be extended to children, says Home Office

23 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government's controversial national ID card scheme could be extended to children as young as 14, according to Home Office minister Meg Hillier.

Social work pioneers

17 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

It's six months since eleven local authorities started testing new ways of delivering social work. So what's changed? Mathew Little investigates.