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Peers slam 'rag-tag' social work plans

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  • Thursday, June 16, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Peers have branded proposed government reforms of children's social work and safeguarding services a "rag tag" set of plans that is so vague that it treats Parliament with contempt.

Health reforms 'ignore children in care'

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  • Tuesday, April 5, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The government's health reforms fail to recognise the needs of children in care and other vulnerable young people, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Benefit changes 'will penalise foster carers'

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  • Monday, June 13, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Foster carers could lose up to 700 a year under plans to restrict housing benefit for social housing tenants with spare rooms, the National Housing Federation and the Fostering Network have warned.

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.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.