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Longfield raises concerns over young carer support

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils' assessment needs to be improved, with a third of them rejected for support without even being checked, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Children pressured by desire to 'not look poor'

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Friday, June 3, 2011

| CYP Now

A desire to fit in and not look poor is placing children under pressure to buy expensive goods, a survey by the Office of the Children's Commissioner has found.

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Magistrates have added their voice to fears that measures in the Children and Social Work Bill to allow councils to opt out of children's legislation will undermine the rights of vulnerable young people.

Children's services leaders reject mandatory reporting

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Mandatory reporting will not address the current challenges in protecting children, organisations representing children's services leaders and local councils have warned.

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

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Friday, September 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Former Barnardo's chief executive Sir Martin Narey is one of several high profile figures that have been signed up to provide advice to children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield, it has been announced.

Legal aid axe will rob children of their right to be heard, says children's commissioner

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for England has urged government to stall its proposed reforms to the legal aid system until the publication of the family justice review.

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A pilot to provide independent advocates to child trafficking victims will take place in 23 councils from September, two months after it was originally planned to go live.

Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights'

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Government is failing to deliver on a promise of checking how policies affect children's rights, a report has claimed.

Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

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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.

Fall in funding threatens children's rights, report warns

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's basic rights are being threatened by widespread funding cuts, according to a new report.

British Youth Council calls for pre-2010 funding levels for youth services

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding levels for youth services must be restored to pre-austerity levels if young people are to thrive, says the British Youth Council (BYC).

Young carers to get more support from schools

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people who care for a relative are set to receive more support from their schools as part of a major initiative being launched nationwide.

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham Council is enlisting the help of victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) to help it improve the way it tackles abuse in the town.

MPs reject votes at 16 for EU referendum

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Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have rejected proposals to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union (EU).

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

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Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's review of local authority statutory duties is "distasteful and damaging" for the protection of children's rights, campaigners have claimed.

DfE places emergency limits on adoption support

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The amount of money families with adopted children will be able to claim for therapeutic support is being capped with immediate effect due to unexpected levels of demand, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.

Educational psychologists demand UK-wide smacking ban

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Smacking is harmful to children's mental health and a UK-wide ban should be introduced, the organisation representing educational psychologists, has said.

Treat 17-year-olds in police custody as children, court rules

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

| CYP Now

The High Court has ruled that 17-year-olds who are arrested and taken into police custody should be treated as children.

Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

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Monday, June 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's welfare should be considered at every stage of the criminal justice system when their parents are facing detention or imprisonment, a group of charities is urging.

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Longfield raises concerns over young carer support

Children pressured by desire to 'not look poor'

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

Children's services leaders reject mandatory reporting

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

Legal aid axe will rob children of their right to be heard, says children's commissioner

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights'

Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

Fall in funding threatens children's rights, report warns

British Youth Council calls for pre-2010 funding levels for youth services

Young carers to get more support from schools

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

MPs reject votes at 16 for EU referendum

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

DfE places emergency limits on adoption support

Educational psychologists demand UK-wide smacking ban

Treat 17-year-olds in police custody as children, court rules

Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

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