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Skills for the Job: Helping children affected by poverty

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

With poverty on the increase in the UK, the number of children and families needing help and support from professionals is growing.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Will child poverty measurement changes see the problem ignored?

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children living in poverty set to rise, campaigners warn the government's decision to scrap targets in the Child Poverty Act risks undermining efforts by welfare agencies to prioritise and tackle the problem.

Changes to legislation could plunge more children and young people into poverty

Other

Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Controversial amendments to government legislation going through parliament will plunge more children into deprivation by weakening the Child Poverty Act, experts have warned.

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Other

Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Further education cuts, tax credits and drugs statistics

Other

Thursday, July 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Course closures and falling rolls in colleges, the link between welfare cuts and the economic crisis and drug use among school pupils, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Shannon Matthews court order, Olympic auction and Ofsted in South Yorkshire

Other

Monday, August 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Details of an injunction on the Shannon Matthews serious case review, Olympic mascots to go under the hammer for children, and child protection in Barnsley and Rotherham, all make the news today.

Daily roundup: Food banks, school starting age and youth clubs

Other

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Dramatic rise in the number of food parcels handed out; warning that school starting age could be lowered; and how a Banksy artwork is being used to stave off a youth club closure, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Hospital care, nursery closure and teacher strikes

Other

Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Most inappropriate hospital admissions involve children; nursery closed after toddler found in street; and planned teacher strike is called off, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: The Children's Food Trust, Welsh exams, and 'annoying' young people

Other

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education cuts funding for the Children's Food Trust, the Welsh government decides to retain GCSEs and A levels, and concerns that the replacement for Asbos could be used "inappropriately", all in the news today.

Poverty measures will hide the reality

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

What should we make of the government's recent consultation on how to measure the numbers of children living in poverty? Is it a genuine attempt to become more sophisticated at understanding the complexities of child poverty? Or is it a means of disguising how the numbers of children living in poverty are certain to rise?

Working families deserve much more from Osborne

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The child poverty map of the UK - which shows the percentage of children in poverty in each local authority and parliamentary constituency - makes for depressing reading.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Other

Monday, March 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.

Unicef: shield young from deficit reduction

Other

Monday, May 28, 2012

| CYP Now

UK shows an improvement in Unicef's latest report, which monitors and compares how economically advanced countries treat children

Daily roundup: The Technical Baccalaureate, food banks and school sports for disabled children

Other

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Miliband pledges help for "forgotten" young people, fears over disabled children missing out on school sports, and record numbers of Welsh families receive help from food banks, all in the news today.

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Skills for the Job: Helping children affected by poverty

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

Will child poverty measurement changes see the problem ignored?

Changes to legislation could plunge more children and young people into poverty

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Daily roundup: Further education cuts, tax credits and drugs statistics

Daily roundup: Shannon Matthews court order, Olympic auction and Ofsted in South Yorkshire

Daily roundup: Food banks, school starting age and youth clubs

Daily roundup: Hospital care, nursery closure and teacher strikes

Daily roundup: The Children's Food Trust, Welsh exams, and 'annoying' young people

Poverty measures will hide the reality

Working families deserve much more from Osborne

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Unicef: shield young from deficit reduction

Daily roundup: The Technical Baccalaureate, food banks and school sports for disabled children

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