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Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

Monday, March 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The stress and uncertainty of repeatedly packing up their lives and moving home is becoming a "worryingly normal" part of life for some children growing up in poverty, a charity has warned.

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).

Number of children affected by working poverty hits 2.6m

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A total of 2.6m children in working families are living are in poverty, according to a new report into deprivation and social exclusion.

Government 'failing to act over vulnerable children's rights'

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's rights in the UK are worsening, especially for the most vulnerable young people suffering from mental health issues, poverty and whose lives are blighted by crime, a report has said.

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.

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.

Children's commissioners: Cuts will plunge more children into poverty

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The government should shelve planned cuts to benefits to prevent more young people falling into poverty, the four UK children's commissioners have said.

Peer accuses incoming commissioner of ‘pussyfooting' around government

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The incoming children's commissioner for England has been accused of "pussyfooting" around government after suggesting the coalition has made good progress on children's rights over the past five years.

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 plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Thousands of children are being forced into severe poverty because of alarmingly low levels of support for them and their families, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Welfare reforms could infringe children's rights, claims commissioner

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

| CYP Now

The rights of disabled children, those living with families in receipt of housing benefits and those experiencing poverty are at risk, according to the children's commissioner for England.

Material deprivation harms children's wellbeing

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Family holidays, pocket money and access to outdoor space are among the things that impact most upon children's wellbeing, The Children's Society has found.

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents in the UK struggle to find time to be with their children and to challenge the commercial pressures around them, the latest Unicef report has found.

Young people fear wider gap between rich and poor, says children's commissioner

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Children living in poverty fear being bullied and priced out of catchment areas of good schools, a report for the children's commissioner has found.

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Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

Cross-government child poverty unit scrapped

Number of children affected by working poverty hits 2.6m

Government 'failing to act over vulnerable children's rights'

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Children's commissioners: Cuts will plunge more children into poverty

Peer accuses incoming commissioner of ‘pussyfooting' around government

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Welfare reforms could infringe children's rights, claims commissioner

Material deprivation harms children's wellbeing

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

Young people fear wider gap between rich and poor, says children's commissioner

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