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Half of councils could be bankrupt within five years, think-tank warns

Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

All political parties are underestimating the financial crisis in local government with half of councils bracing themselves for bankruptcy within five years, according to think-tank the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU).

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

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Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

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Friday, June 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authorities face a £6.2 billion funding gap over the next two years due in part to rising pressures on children’s services, new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.

Two thirds of parliamentary constituencies blighted by high child poverty rates, study warns

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

| CYP Now

At least a quarter of children are living in poverty in two thirds of constituencies being contested during the upcoming general election, a study is warning.

National family hubs plan would improve social mobility, researchers say

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Monday, June 3, 2024

| CYP Now

A national strategy for children’s centres and family hubs is needed to improve social mobility for families from all backgrounds, according to a new report.

In June’s CYP Now: Secure school, leadership diversity, care commissioning

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Friday, May 31, 2024

| CYP Now

The new edition of Children & Young People Now has coverage of the latest developments in policy, research and practice across services for children, young people and families.

County council leaders urge next government to curb high cost of children’s services

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Implementing a price cap on children’s residential care providers and reducing the cost of home-to-school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are among county council leaders’ calls for the next government.

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse plan dropped ahead of election

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to introduce compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse (CSA) for some professionals working with children have been axed ahead of the general election on 4 July.

Sector leaders criticise lack of progress two years on from Care Review publication

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Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charities and sector leaders have raised concerns about the “painfully slow progress” of implementing reforms to the children’s social care system two years after recommendations were made in Josh MacAlister's Independent Review of Children's Social Care.

Covid inquiry turns attention to pandemic’s impact on children

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Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 inquiry is to turn its attention to the pandemic’s impact on children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services

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Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The role of innovative and evidence-based interventions to support vulnerable families against a backdrop of cuts to local authority services is the focus of CYP Now’s Early Help Conference.

Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

A bill to remove profit from the care of looked-after children has been laid before the Welsh parliament.

General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Charities supporting children and young people have released manifestos detailing what they want from the next government in the run up to the general election after more than a decade of cuts to public services.

Home schooling register could help protect children ‘kept away from wider society’

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A national elective home education (EHE) register could help improve the lives of home-schooled children who have “little or no contact with the world outside their family”, a report by safeguarding experts has found.

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has criticised Birmingham Children’s Trust for disclosing the personal information of a child to another nearby family.

MP slams DfE’s ‘lack of engagement’ during child-friendly town inquiry

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has been criticised by the chair of a parliamentary committee for failing to engage with its inquiry into the impact of town planning on children and young people.

‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent review into the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his father and step-mother finds that three “critical opportunities” which could have saved him were missed by authorities.

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Young people have told cross-party MPs in Westminster that they are "not asking, but begging" the next government to change the system around children's social care.

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Half of councils could be bankrupt within five years, think-tank warns

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

Two thirds of parliamentary constituencies blighted by high child poverty rates, study warns

National family hubs plan would improve social mobility, researchers say

In June’s CYP Now: Secure school, leadership diversity, care commissioning

County council leaders urge next government to curb high cost of children’s services

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse plan dropped ahead of election

Sector leaders criticise lack of progress two years on from Care Review publication

Covid inquiry turns attention to pandemic’s impact on children

Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services

Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

Home schooling register could help protect children ‘kept away from wider society’

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

MP slams DfE’s ‘lack of engagement’ during child-friendly town inquiry

‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

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