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Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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  • Wednesday, February 6, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

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  • Thursday, September 19, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

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  • Wednesday, November 13, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Children's minister Edward Timpson has slammed a review into the death of toddler Hamzah Khan for failing to answer key questions about the case, claiming it contains "glaring absences".

DfE cuts to research evaluations spark concern

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  • Monday, February 28, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Education (DfE) has cut 7.5m from research projects evaluating everything from academy schools to services for disabled children, an investigation by the Radical Statistics Group has revealed.

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

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  • Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    • | CYP Now
National timescales for assessing children in need will be scrapped and guidance governing work with children drastically reduced, under the government's plans to overhaul procedures that it claims stifle the judgment of children's professionals.

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