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Vetting and barring scheme review gets underway

Friday, October 22, 2010

| CYP Now

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

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

| CYP Now

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

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Friday, April 16, 2010

| CYP Now

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

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

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

| CYP Now

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: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

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Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale faces legal action over care comments; no further action against former youth police and crime commissioner, and half of youth service jobs to go in Warwickshire, all in the news today.

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

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

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.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

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.

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

Teachers warn Clegg over summer camp scheme

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Teachers have criticised Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's plans for a 50m summer camp programme for disadvantaged children before they start secondary school.

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

An independent panel, set up following last summer's riots, has called for the government to give young unemployed people a guarantee of work and significantly expand its programme for troubled families.

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

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

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

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

| CYP Now

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.

New Rotherham children's chief slams schools over continuing failure to tackle CSE

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham's director of children's services has condemned an "astonishing" lack of engagement by schools to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the borough while urging a greater focus and respect for youth work.

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Services supporting vulnerable children and young people face changes to Covid-19 guidance as more restrictions lift across the UK.

Online Safety Bill: Five key measures aimed at protecting children

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Friday, March 18, 2022

| CYP Now

One of the main aims of the government’s Online Safety Bill is to stop children from accessing inappropriate and harmful content, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Vetting and barring scheme review gets underway

DfE bans charities from publicising their work, leaked letter reveals

Private tutors refuse to register with vetting and barring scheme

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

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

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

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Teachers warn Clegg over summer camp scheme

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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

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

New Rotherham children's chief slams schools over continuing failure to tackle CSE

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

Online Safety Bill: Five key measures aimed at protecting children

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