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Labour regains control of key local authorities

Monday, May 10, 2010

| CYP Now

The Labour Party made key gains in last week's local elections, in areas including Liverpool, Doncaster and the London Borough of Enfield, while some Conservative losses have resulted in councils falling to no overall control.

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Annual average child spend revealed

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Monday, January 25, 2010

| CYP Now

Unitary authorities in England have budgeted to spend an average of 3,280 per child this year, new figures reveal.

Children's workers to pay fee for safeguarding register

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

| CYP Now

Professionals working with children and young people are to be hit with a fee of 64 to join the government's safeguarding register.

Ofsted slams Cornwall's 'inadequate' children's services

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Friday, October 23, 2009

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published a damning report into safeguarding and looked-after children's services in Cornwall.

NSPCC launches online toolkit on children's rights

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has released an online training toolkit to help children's professionals to uphold children's rights.

CYP Now Awards entry deadline extended

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

| CYP Now

The deadline to enter the 2009 CYP Now Awards has been extended by three weeks, to 31 July.

Children's trusts must publish workforce strategies

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

| CYP Now

Children's trusts will be required to publish workforce strategies as part of their local Children and Young People's Plans.

Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The government must act to implement the recommendations of John Dunford and ensure every piece of legislation is considered with the rights of children in mind, campaigners have said.

Rebrand of DSCF draws criticism from profession

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

| CYP Now

The Tory-Lib Dem government's decision to rename the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) has proved unpopular among children's professionals, as the sector speculates on its implications for a restructuring of children's services.

60m of community grants unveiled

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Friday, February 25, 2011

| CYP Now

Around 60m of funding for voluntary and community organisations has been announced by the Department for Education.

Spending on children's centres and youth services down £140m

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

| CYP Now

Spending on Sure Start children's centres and services for under fives plummeted by £110m last year, according to latest government data.

Troubled families scheme 'must extend beyond 2015'

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The government should expand the eligibility criteria for the troubled families programme and extend the initiative beyond 2015, according to leaders at Westminster Council.

Tell us about your achievements: enter the 2018 Children & Young People Now Awards

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| CYP Now

The 2018 Children & Young People Now Awards are open for entries to organisations, individuals and teams from across the UK.

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Entries for the 2011 Children & Young People Now Awards have been whittled down to create a shortlist in each of the 20 categories.

Children's charities unimpressed by lobbying bill changes

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Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Government concessions that water down proposed new restrictions on charities' campaigning work do not go far enough, children's voluntary sector figures have said.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

MPs slam Hinds' 'unwise' role in social mobility chief appointment

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Friday, July 13, 2018

| CYP Now

A group of MPs have criticised Education Secretary Damian Hinds' "unwise" decision to become personally involved in the appointment of the new chair of the Social Mobility Commission.