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Councils need help to beat child poverty rise

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  • Monday, April 28, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Projecting what will happen to child poverty figures between now and 2020 is a difficult task for the statisticians and number crunchers, let alone politicians and campaigners. So pronouncements on what the future holds have to be treated with a hefty dose of caution, particularly with a general election not far away.

Minuses outscore pluses on adoption scorecards

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  • Monday, June 11, 2012
  • | CYP Now
As part of its endeavour to speed up the adoption process, the government last month introduced scorecards to rank councils on their performance in placing children in adoptive homes.

Further austerity is the only election certainty

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  • Monday, April 27, 2015
  • | CYP Now
As the curtain comes down on this Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, it is worth reflecting on what we've learnt from the past five years - as it looks increasingly likely that the future holds more of the same.