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Care begins at home as Timpson gets to grips with punishing brief
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- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | CYP Now
In his first interview since taking office, Edward Timpson outlines how he plans to address the challenges ahead
The 2015 Report: The year ahead for children and young people
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- Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | CYP Now
The year 2015 looks set to be pivotal in determining the direction of services for children, young people and families over the rest of the decade.
Quiz of the year 2015
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- Tuesday, December 8, 2015 | CYP Now
An election result that defied pollsters, turmoil in children's charity funding and plummeting adoption figures - 2015 was a turbulent year. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months' events in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!
DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services
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- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Latest local authority spending figures suggest that early intervention is being sacrificed to fund statutory services as children's departments grapple with making a dwindling pot of money stretch further.
Daily roundup: Votes at 16, alcohol pricing and looked-after children
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- Thursday, March 20, 2014 | CYP Now
Inquiry launched on votes at 16; call for minimum alcohol pricing to reduce child suicides; and number of children in care in Nottinghamshire doubles, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: School place shortages, public sector pay and children's play
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- Tuesday, September 4, 2012 | CYP Now
Fears over extent of school places, call for more public sector pay cuts and obstacles to children's play, all in the news today.
Mutual benefits
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- Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | CYP Now
Public sector employees are being encouraged to take control of the services they provide and run them as mutuals. Joe Lepper looks at the experiences of those pioneering the approach in children's services
Ask The Experts: Recognise young carers' needs
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
Our panel offers advice on getting help for a young carer, school safeguarding, International Women's Day, and exploring light and shade.
The awards that really matter
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- Monday, April 15, 2013 | CYP Now
The Children & Young People Now Awards represent the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK. They recognise the most innovative and effective work in transforming young lives and building a better society. Too much of this work goes unnoticed and unappreciated - these awards set to put that right and spread good practice.
Spending for the future: Can we do more with less?
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- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | CYP Now
Despite belated signs of economic growth, further cuts loom beyond the end of the spending review period in 2015. CYP Now asks four figureheads to set out the long-term challenges in financing children's services
The 2014 Report
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- Tuesday, January 7, 2014 | CYP Now
Sector leaders look at the year ahead for children and young people.
Councils aim to share burden of reform
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
A Children's Improvement Board scheme is allowing councils to learn from each other's experiences
Daily roundup: Social mobility, hospital admissions, and personal budgets
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- Tuesday, February 12, 2013 | CYP Now
UK schools falter in fairness league tables, study finds more children were admitted to hospital in 2010 than a decade ago, and guidance on using personal budgets, all in the news today.
How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.
Children's leaders gather to tackle major issues at ADCS conference
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- Monday, July 20, 2015 | CYP Now
The Association of Directors of Children's Services annual conference heard about government plans for adoption reforms, improvements to children's mental health services, social work training and funding challenges.
Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight
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- Monday, September 28, 2015 | CYP Now
Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is
he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?
Councils spell out impact of further cuts for children in 2015/16
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- Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | CYP Now
The Local Government Association's submission to the forthcoming spending review pulls no punches in outlining the devastating impact further cuts to budgets would have on children's services
Stubborn adversaries will let children down
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- Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | CYP Now
There is so much dialogue between parties who either deliberately don't listen to each other or are genuinely hard of hearing. My job takes me across all policy areas and I witness it everywhere.
Daily roundup: Twitter, online grooming, and identity theft from dead children
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- Monday, February 4, 2013 | CYP Now
Claims that senior Department for Education officials are using Twitter to launch political attacks, paedophiles found to be grooming young people for online abuse, and an investigation into Met Police stealing dead children's identities, all in the news today.
Children's centres and youth sector hit, but care services escape cuts
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- Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | CYP Now
Local authorities focus on preserving child protection and looked-after children budgets at the expense of Sure Start children's centres, services for young people and youth justice work, statistics on council spending reveal
Children need a long-term plan in this spending abyss
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- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | CYP Now
The country might be out of recession (again), but with the size of the deficit still enormous, public spending shows no sign of returning to growth. In our special report, we examine the long-term challenges and consequences of children's services spend continuing to fall during this decade.
What have the Lib Dems done for us?
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- Monday, September 17, 2012 | CYP Now
As the coalition government approaches the halfway point in its five-year term, Joe Lepper examines what impact the Liberal Democrats have had on the wellbeing of the next generation
Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record
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- Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson looks ahead as the UNCRC marks its Silver Jubilee.
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