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Carolyne Willow: It's time for a Children's Rights Bill

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
After the Bill of Rights legislation was shelved, justice minister Sarah Dines explained in answer to a parliamentary question: “As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government's objectives.”

Turing programme will fail disadvantaged young people

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Drowned out by the noise of Brexit and the pandemic, the government’s broken promise to remain a member of the Erasmus+ overseas study scheme has been largely overlooked. Yet, the failure to reach an agreement regarding its membership of the scheme post-Brexit, continues to have a devastating impact on young people.

It's finally time to act on what children say

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A Shropshire clergyman by the name of John Mirk is believed to be the person who coined the phrase “children should be seen, not heard”. That was more than 600 years ago, and yet this toxic pronouncement endured for a remarkably long time.