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Timpson names councils with low Staying Put take-up

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  • Tuesday, February 2, 2016
  • | CYP Now
There are at least five local authorities in England where no young people in foster care have remained in their placement past the age of 18 during the last year, children's minister Edward Timpson has revealed.

Morgan criticised for foster care ‘slur'

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  • Friday, January 15, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has been criticised for denigrating foster care with comments she made as the government launched a bid to reverse a sharp drop in adoptions.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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  • Thursday, January 14, 2016
  • | CYP Now
A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

DfE tightens up special guardianship rules

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  • Thursday, December 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Education (DfE) is to take action after finding a "significant minority" of children are being placed at risk through inappropriate special guardianship orders (SGOs).

Call to break ‘cycle' of multiple care proceedings

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  • Tuesday, December 15, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Carers are calling for a greater focus on early intervention support after latest figures revealed a rise in the number of babies removed from vulnerable families caught in a "cycle of family court proceedings".

DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

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  • Friday, December 4, 2015
  • | CYP Now
A study ordered by the Department for Education (DfE) in order to inform decisions made at last month's Spending Review about how children's services will be funded over the next five years is yet to be completed, CYP Now can reveal.

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