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Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

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Friday, August 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has ordered a study into the spending habits of local authority children's services departments ahead of expected central government cuts being announced in November.

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

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Monday, November 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Support services for vulnerable children are fast approaching a "tipping point" due to cuts to early intervention spending, Action for Children has warned.

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

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Friday, November 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Voluntary youth groups in Manchester have launched a campaign against council proposals to cut future youth spending.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Call for social investment to fund youth services

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The government should develop a framework for social investment in youth provision in a bid to provide services for all young people, a report recommends.

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Government plans to cut school budgets by £200m will damage councils' ability to hold schools to account and help those that are struggling to improve, council leaders have warned.

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Services for children and young people look set to bear the brunt of local authority funding cuts over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Derbyshire children's centres face closure threat

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Derbyshire County Council looks set to close seven children's centres in a bid to save £1.1m a year.

Campaigners warn of school funding shortfall in disadvantaged areas

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools in England's poorest areas will struggle to meet the needs of pupils despite the government pledge of an extra £350m for low-funded education authorities, claim campaigners.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A proportion of schools' funding should be dependent on pupils' progress post-16, a group of experts has recommended to the Labour Party.

Two-year-old offer costs nurseries £7,000 a year

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years settings providing free childcare places for disadvantaged two-year-olds are losing on average nearly £7,000 a year because of underfunding of the scheme, research suggests.

Bradford scales back youth cuts

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Bradford Council has scaled back its planned cuts to youth services following an outcry and campaign by local young people.

Families in crisis face funding shortfall, warns LGA

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils may be unable to provide emergency support for families in crisis as a result of government funding changes, local government leaders have warned.

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Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Call for social investment to fund youth services

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

Derbyshire children's centres face closure threat

Campaigners warn of school funding shortfall in disadvantaged areas

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

Two-year-old offer costs nurseries £7,000 a year

Bradford scales back youth cuts

Families in crisis face funding shortfall, warns LGA

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