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Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

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  • Thursday, August 21, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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  • Wednesday, July 2, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Children's home standards on the rise

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  • Thursday, March 27, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The proportion of children's homes that received a "good" or better rating from Ofsted rose in the final three months of 2013, latest figures reveal.

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