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Election 2019: Liberal Democrats manifesto pledges heavy investment in youth services and early years

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £500m in youth services and provide a public health approach to tackle youth violence.

Councils 'should produce local strategies' to boost life chances

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Every local authority should develop its own strategy for improving life chances for disadvantaged children in order to tackle widening gaps in social mobility across the country.

Cross-government child poverty unit scrapped

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's cross-departmental child poverty unit has been abolished, with the government confirming that its functions have been subsumed into the wider remit of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The early years pupil premium should be doubled as part of efforts to combat worsening life chances for children and young people across the UK, the Social Mobility Commission has said.

Life chances strategy shelved after Brexit vote

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| CYP Now

Government plans to transform the life chances of the poorest in the country have been placed on hold in the wake of the result of the EU referendum.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

School transition project set for launch

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years providers are to develop closer working with primary schools in two English regions as part of a pilot project to improve the transition of children into formal education.

Conservatives make 30-hour free childcare promise

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Conservative party has pledged to extend free childcare for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours each week if it wins the general election.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's advisory body on social mobility has urged early years providers and local authorities to do more to tackle child poverty.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty have been branded a "fairytale" after it rejected calls to introduce a range of new targets aimed at improving social mobility.

Literacy campaign champions early education role

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years professionals look set to play a key role in improving the literacy of disadvantaged children as part of a new national campaign to boost reading standards.

Call for councils to improve childcare provision for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities need to do more to ensure there is sufficient childcare provision for disadvantaged families in their area, a report by the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has concluded.

NSPCC, Children's Society, Barnardo's and Action for Children join forces on early intervention

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executives of four of the country's leading children's charities have agreed to take part in a panel debate on the future of early intervention services at a CYP Now conference in September.

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Five charity-led consortia will receive a share of £215m as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-threes, the Big Lottery Fund has announced.

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals in the Queen's Speech to make emotional neglect of children a criminal offence have been welcomed by leading children's charities.

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures in the Children and Families Act to extend support for new parents should have been available to other types of carers, the Family Rights Group (FRG) has said.

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Government should pick up the tab for much of the cost of accessing childcare for working people on low incomes, 4Children has said.

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Election 2019: Liberal Democrats manifesto pledges heavy investment in youth services and early years

Councils 'should produce local strategies' to boost life chances

Cross-government child poverty unit scrapped

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

Life chances strategy shelved after Brexit vote

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

School transition project set for launch

Conservatives make 30-hour free childcare promise

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

Literacy campaign champions early education role

Call for councils to improve childcare provision for disadvantaged families

NSPCC, Children's Society, Barnardo's and Action for Children join forces on early intervention

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

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