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CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

'Naive' government support for Kids Company meant other children missed out, MPs find

Friday, November 13, 2015

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Government faith that things would improve at children's charity Kids Company if it continued providing financial support was "naive" and meant other charities and young people across the country missed out, MPs have concluded.

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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The government's flagship Troubled Families initiative is working with the wrong families in the wrong way and is likely to be wasting millions of pounds, a report has claimed.

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Councils to ‘fare worst' in Spending Review

Friday, October 2, 2015

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Local authorities will fare worst out of £11.3bn of cuts set to be outlined in next month's Spending Review, a think-tank has claimed.

CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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The shortlist for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been determined in another record-breaking year for entries.

Workless young people to attend employment ‘boot camp'

Monday, August 17, 2015

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Out of work young people between the ages of 18 and 21 will be placed on an intensive activity programme within the first three weeks of submitting a benefit claim under plans put forward by government.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

Thursday, July 23, 2015

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Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

Judges enlisted for 2015 CYP Now Awards as entries reach record high

Friday, July 17, 2015

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The judging panel for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been confirmed.

Early intervention funding halved under coalition

Monday, July 6, 2015

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Councils have cut spending on early intervention by a further eight per cent in 2015/16 on the back of funding being halved under the coalition government, CYP Now can reveal.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Monday, June 8, 2015

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Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

DfE to slice £450m from non-schools budget

Friday, June 5, 2015

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The Department for Education (DfE) will cut £450m from its non-schools budget for the current financial year, it has been announced.

Loughton launches bid to become chair of education select committee

Monday, June 1, 2015

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Former children's minister Tim Loughton is to stand for election to become the next chair of the powerful parliamentary committee that scrutinises government policy on children and young people, CYP Now can reveal.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

MPs tell Ofsted to reinspect all councils on CSE

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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Ofsted has been told to reinspect all councils in England to make sure work to tackle child sexual exploitation is up to scratch.

LGBT young people ‘more likely to be homeless'

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) young people are more likely to be homeless compared with their non-LGBT peers, a report has claimed.?

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

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Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Monday, September 29, 2014

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Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

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County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

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