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Councils to ‘fare worst' in Spending Review

Friday, October 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities will fare worst out of £11.3bn of cuts set to be outlined in next month's Spending Review, a think-tank has claimed.

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

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Monday, November 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Police must be given greater discretion when dealing with children who share explicit pictures of themselves so that their future life chances are not harmed, a group of MPs and peers has said.

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Police are failing to properly protect missing children from potential abuse, a report has found.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Health services have come in for criticism for failing to properly assess risks to children following the first joint inspection of child protection across health, social care and criminal justice services.

Anti-terrorism plans could put vulnerable children at risk, former children's commissioner says

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Friday, January 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned that plans for child-specific terrorism orders, currently being considered by ministers, could put vulnerable children at risk.

Child criminal exploitation 'still not properly understood', Ofsted warns

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| CYP Now

Local agencies still don't fully understand the scale of and risks posed by "county lines" drug running and other forms of child criminal exploitation, and must learn lessons from past child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases if they are to tackle the issue, a report has found.

Government to pump £200m more into Troubled Families programme

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Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to spend £200m to expand the Troubled Families programme to a further 400,000 families.

Shortlist revealed for CYP Now Awards 2012

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Judges for this year's Children & Young People Now Awards have scrutinised nearly 400 entries and their assessments have produced shortlists in each of the 19 categories.

David Laws replaces Sarah Teather at the Department for Education in reshuffle

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

David Laws is to return to government as minister in the Department for Education, following the cabinet reshuffle.

NCB appoints president and chair

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

| CYP Now

The former boss of Serco's children's services arm has been appointed chair of the National Children's Bureau (NCB)

Children's services spend to increase by £106m this year

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Total local authority spending on children and young people's services will increase by more than £100m this year, Department for Education (DfE) statistics have shown.

Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The 2014 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The role of director of children's services (DCS) should be scrapped to give local authorities more flexibility over leadership, a report has recommended.

Antisocial behaviour bill ‘could imprison more young people'

News

Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

More children and young people could end up in prison if the government's draft antisocial behaviour bill becomes legislation, the Standing Committee for Youth Justice has warned.

Inquiry identifies thousands of young victims of sexual exploitation

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 2,400 children have been identified as victims of sexual exploitation, while a further 16,500 are at risk of abuse, a report by the Children's Commissioner for England has found.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 50 children's sector organisations have joined forces to call on the next government to significantly boost early intervention spending.

Police chiefs unveil strategy to treat under-18s as 'children first'

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Police officers dealing with under-18s should treat them as "children first" rather than potential criminals, the organisation representing police chiefs has said.

Ofsted joint inspections delayed as councils shun pilots

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's plans to launch new joint inspections of health, social care and criminal justice services for children and young people have been delayed amid councils declining approaches to take part in trials, it has emerged.

Richard Taylor: Father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

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Monday, March 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charity leaders have paid tribute to Richard Taylor who campaigned against knife crime for 24 years after the death of his 10-year-old son Damilola.

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Councils to ‘fare worst' in Spending Review

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

Anti-terrorism plans could put vulnerable children at risk, former children's commissioner says

Child criminal exploitation 'still not properly understood', Ofsted warns

Government to pump £200m more into Troubled Families programme

Shortlist revealed for CYP Now Awards 2012

David Laws replaces Sarah Teather at the Department for Education in reshuffle

NCB appoints president and chair

Children's services spend to increase by £106m this year

Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

Antisocial behaviour bill ‘could imprison more young people'

Inquiry identifies thousands of young victims of sexual exploitation

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

Police chiefs unveil strategy to treat under-18s as 'children first'

Ofsted joint inspections delayed as councils shun pilots

Richard Taylor: Father of schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

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