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Cooper: 'A generation is being failed, we must not fail them anymore.' Picture: UK Parliament

News 10 October 2023

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

Dame Rachel de Souza is children's commissioner for England. Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England

News 29 September 2023

Children’s commissioner criticises proposed use of pepper spray in YOIs

The Home Office has invested £4m into the initiative. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 29 September 2023

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

Sadiq Khan takes part in a catering workshop delivered by Sweet Dee’s Jerk at the funding launch. Picture: CYP Now/Mankirat Kaur

News 28 September 2023

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

New guidance ‘strengthens the argument’ for moving away from metal handcuffs. Picture: Jan H. Andersen/Adobe Stock

Analysis 26 September 2023

Briefing: custody restraint ban

More young people are now accessing specialist services such as assessments for autism and ADHD. Picture: Photographee.eu/Adobe Stock

Features 26 September 2023

Inspections clinic: Youth justice services

Researchers are calling for duties on local authorities to prevent criminalisation of children in the care system. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Motortion.

News 25 September 2023

One in three children in care enter youth justice system, study finds

Sue McAllister is former prisons and probation ombudsman. Picture: Office of the PPO

News 25 September 2023

Former prisons ombudsman appointed as chief inspector of probation

Gillian Keegan has been urged to implement a definition of CCE. Picture: UK Parliament

News 22 September 2023

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

John Drew is senior associate at the Prison Reform Trust

Opinion 21 September 2023

Child impact assessments give courts full picture

Picture: pikselstock/Adobe Stock

Features 1 September 2023

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Other 1 September 2023

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Justice

News 31 August 2023

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

In 2022/23, 42 per cent of children in the youth custody estate were on remand. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 31 August 2023

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

'We saw a service that is enthusiastic about giving children the opportunity to move away from a life of crime,' Russell says in his report. Picture: HMI Probation

Analysis 30 August 2023

Justin Russell charts key youth justice developments