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DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

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  • Wednesday, March 16, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities are set to receive a total of £22.2m this year to cover the cost of allowing young people to remain in foster care placements until their 21st birthday, it has been announced.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

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.

Exclusive: Former BAAF chiefs demand probe into collapse

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  • Thursday, August 13, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Two former chief executives of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) have called on regulators to investigate the sudden closure of the charity, claiming the process may have breached legal requirements.