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CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

Monday, December 19, 2016

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With the UK voting to leave the European Union, a new Prime Minister and government installed, policy u-turns, and an influx of children and families from war-torn Syria, 2016 has been a turbulent year. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Relationships Foundation calls for introduction of family day

Monday, June 28, 2010

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A new law giving parents of school-aged children the right to have a shared day off work at weekends is among a series of proposals relationship experts are calling on the government to introduce.

Children's services successfully addressing weaknesses

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Inadequate ratings handed to settings and local authorities are sparking improvements across children's services, Ofsted has concluded in its annual report.

Cameron outlines plan to rescue troubled families

Friday, December 10, 2010

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The government is to launch a pilot scheme designed to help transform the lives of the most troubled families in up to 10 local authority areas, the Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Bodies selected to run commissioning programme

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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The government has chosen a consortium of five organisations to run a programme to help children's trusts commission services.

Baroness Sally Morgan appointed as chair of Ofsted

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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Baroness Sally Morgan has been appointed as the new chair of Ofsted, Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced.

Vetting and barring scheme review gets underway

Friday, October 22, 2010

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The vetting and barring scheme (VBS) is being reconsidered by the government under terms outlined today (22 October) by the Home Office.

DfE bans charities from publicising their work, leaked letter reveals

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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A letter leaked to CYP Now has revealed the Department for Education (DfE) is ordering charities delivering government-funded programmes to stop publicising their work with immediate effect in an apparent bid to save on spending.

Private tutors refuse to register with vetting and barring scheme

Friday, April 16, 2010

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Thousands of private tutors are set to refuse to register for the government's controversial vetting and barring scheme, a poll has revealed.

Ofsted staff to strike over pay deal

Monday, May 12, 2008

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Children's charities urge Gove to protect voluntary sector from 'devastating cuts'

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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Children and families' charities have written an open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove expressing concern about the impact spending cuts will have on the most vulnerable children and the charities that support them.

Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.

Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

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Steve Reed MP has been appointed the new shadow minister for children following the March resignation of Emma Lewell-Buck.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Monday, December 10, 2012

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England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

Monday, January 7, 2013

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Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Thursday, March 13, 2014

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The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'

Thursday, August 30, 2012

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The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned that government plans to reduce child protection guidance could be "detrimental" to professionals' ability to safeguard children.

Two-year-old entitlement to be funded by cut to Early Intervention Grant

Friday, September 28, 2012

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Hundreds of millions of pounds allocated to fund free nursery places will be deducted from the Early Intervention Grant, reducing local authority children's services budgets across the country, it has emerged.

Leeds says job cuts will not hit frontline children's services

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Leeds City Council has insisted that frontline services for children and young people will not be seriously affected by recent job cuts forced upon it by the recession.

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