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Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real terms increase of 11%, according to government data.

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029.

Prioritise foster care retention over recruitment drives, campaigners urge

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Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Investment in foster care recruitment drives is “futile” without addressing deeper issues around retention in the role, campaigners have said.

Council apologises over EHCP delay linked to educational psychologist shortage

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Monday, June 24, 2024

| CYP Now

A sharp increase in referrals for education, health and care plans (EHCPs) and a shortage of educational psychologists led to long delays in a mother accessing support for her son, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) has ruled.

High-achieving disadvantaged five-year-olds fall behind peers by age 14, study warns

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Monday, June 24, 2024

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Children who are classed as high achieving at the age of five, but from less affluent backgrounds, are less likely to achieve the highest grades at GCSE compared with their wealthier peers, new research has found.

Scotland commits to refreshed six-year plan for care-experienced young people

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Friday, June 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The chair of the Scottish Independent Care Review, Fiona Duncan, has revealed a six-year plan to push forward progress on recommendations made in the country's 2016 review of children's social care.

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The next government needs to develop a national dataset encompassing education, health and social care details for all children, according to recommendations made ahead of July’s general election by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Half of councils could be bankrupt within five years, think-tank warns

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

All political parties are underestimating the financial crisis in local government with half of councils bracing themselves for bankruptcy within five years, according to think-tank the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU).

Launch foster care recruitment campaign, next government urged amid placement shortage

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

Major political parties must commit to launching a recruitment campaign for foster carers, a charity has warned, as initial enquiries by potential carers has fallen to its lowest level in five years.

Tackle child poverty to improve outcomes for children, youth charity leaders urge

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

Tackling child poverty is key to improving outcomes for vulnerable young people and must be a priority for the next government, leaders of youth organisations have said.

Labour and Conservative childcare pledges will hit ‘poor urban areas’ hardest, think-tank warns

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged urban areas are set to be hardest hit by a surge in demand for childcare places under early years plans published in both the Conservative and Labour parties’ manifestos, a think-tank is warning.

High Court ruling highlights flaws in migrant transfer scheme, council says

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

| CYP Now

The government's method for evaluating its national dispersal scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is “skewed” and “does not represent reality”, says Kent County Council following a High Court ruling around the treatment of vulnerable young people arriving in the UK.

West Midlands hosts care-experienced football tournament

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Warwickshire Legends were victorious in the annual West Midlands Care Leavers Championship, which brought together care-experienced football players from local authorities in the region.

King’s Birthday Honours: Surrey DCS recognised for services to children’s social care

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Surrey’s director of children’s services Rachael Wardell has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

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Monday, June 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said.

DfE data shows further rise in education, health and care plans

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of children and young people with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) rose more than 10% last year, latest data from the Department for Education reveals.

Most young people say politicians don't care about their mental health, coalition finds

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of young people say the main political parties don't care about youth mental health, research from a group of charities has shown.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for youth justice

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

The opening of the UK’s first secure school at the end of the most recent government’s term marks a significant shift in the youth justice landscape.

Third of parents at risk of having babies taken into care have learning difficulties, research finds

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

One in three parents at risk of having their baby taken into care have a learning disability or difficulty, analysis of 200 care proceedings has found.

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Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

Prioritise foster care retention over recruitment drives, campaigners urge

Council apologises over EHCP delay linked to educational psychologist shortage

High-achieving disadvantaged five-year-olds fall behind peers by age 14, study warns

Scotland commits to refreshed six-year plan for care-experienced young people

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

Half of councils could be bankrupt within five years, think-tank warns

Launch foster care recruitment campaign, next government urged amid placement shortage

Tackle child poverty to improve outcomes for children, youth charity leaders urge

Labour and Conservative childcare pledges will hit ‘poor urban areas’ hardest, think-tank warns

High Court ruling highlights flaws in migrant transfer scheme, council says

West Midlands hosts care-experienced football tournament

King’s Birthday Honours: Surrey DCS recognised for services to children’s social care

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

DfE data shows further rise in education, health and care plans

Most young people say politicians don't care about their mental health, coalition finds

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for youth justice

Third of parents at risk of having babies taken into care have learning difficulties, research finds

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