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Zahawi: Controversial legal guidance 'helps councils target child protection'

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  • Tuesday, September 11, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Children's minister Nadhim Zahawi has rejected claims that a controversial "myth buster" document issued by the Department for Education encourages councils to renege on statutory child protection obligations, arguing that it simply supports councils to focus on helping the most vulnerable families.

DfE hands care leaver project £3.7m innovation funding

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  • Friday, April 7, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A pioneering housing project where care leavers are involved with refurbishing empty properties that they then move into has been handed £3.7m in innovation funding from the Department for Education to expand it into five new areas.

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

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  • Thursday, March 9, 2017
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Education is drawing up plans to make it easier to identify children and young people who have caring responsibilities, with a cross-government strategy due to be published in the summer, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

ADCS president speaks out in favour of 'exemption clause'

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  • Tuesday, February 14, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Government plans to allow councils to apply for exemptions from children's social care legislation will help councils to better support young people, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

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