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Families hit by benefit caps could spark ‘tidal wave of migration'

Monday, May 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The effects of the government's cap on benefits are beginning to be felt by families across the capital, as local authorities try to tackle the gulf between reduced local housing allowance rates and London rents

MPs urge priority on early years to boost university prospects

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The drive to establish a fair admissions system to the top universities should start before school age, a group of MPs has reported.

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A London council has blamed the government's decision to cap housing benefit for its attempts to house up to 500 families in Stoke-on-Trent.

Rethink of benefit eligibility criteria sparks fresh fears for children

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Monday, April 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Changes to the way entitlement to benefits, including dental care and free prescriptions, is calculated could have a detrimental impact on children living in poorer families, a charity has warned.

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Attempts to fund early intervention work through social finance would be compromised by a government bid to crack down on tax evasion through charitable donations, it has been claimed.

Child asylum seekers forced to live below poverty line

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Asylum support levels for children and families have left around 10,000 children in severe poverty, because payments fall "alarmingly below" mainstream benefit levels, a report by The Children's Society has found.

Tax credit changes leave families more than £500 a year worse off

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Families with children will lose an average of £511 a year, while more than one million will no longer receive tax credits due to government changes coming into force this week, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Clegg admits flaws in child benefit plans

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Monday, March 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed that the government is considering altering the detail of its plans to take child benefit away from higher earners.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Seven in 10 families on financial brink

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 70 per cent of families are on the edge of financial meltdown, a survey by parenting site Netmums has found.

Ministers put kibosh on Lords' welfare amendments

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

| CYP Now

The coalition government has moved to scupper House of Lords opposition to controversial welfare reforms by invoking a rarely used 340-year-old rule to ensure parliament approves the measures.

Children's commissioners voice concerns over welfare reforms

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

| CYP Now

Further weight has been added to the campaign against government welfare proposals after the UK's four children's commissioners joined forces to criticise the plans.

Duncan Smith slams charity for 'ridiculous' housing benefit legal challenge

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Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has lashed out at a child poverty charity after its legal challenge on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts failed.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather has announced that up to four local areas will be involved in a scheme that will offer parenting classes to every parent of a child aged under five.

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to half (46 per cent) of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency (CSA) will not be able to afford proposed fees to access the new child maintenance service, a poll by charity Gingerbread has found.

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents in the UK struggle to find time to be with their children and to challenge the commercial pressures around them, the latest Unicef report has found.

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Pensioners should continue to pay National Insurance in order to fund employment schemes for young people, a campaign organisation has proposed.

Young people unite to air their views on riots

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Friday, August 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people turned out in their scores in central London as part of an event aimed at giving them the opportunity to air their views on the recent unrest and its causes.

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's vision for supporting families through early interventions is short-sighted as it only focuses on the youngest children, a charity has claimed.

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Families hit by benefit caps could spark ‘tidal wave of migration'

MPs urge priority on early years to boost university prospects

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

Rethink of benefit eligibility criteria sparks fresh fears for children

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

Child asylum seekers forced to live below poverty line

Tax credit changes leave families more than £500 a year worse off

Clegg admits flaws in child benefit plans

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Seven in 10 families on financial brink

Ministers put kibosh on Lords' welfare amendments

Children's commissioners voice concerns over welfare reforms

Duncan Smith slams charity for 'ridiculous' housing benefit legal challenge

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

Young people unite to air their views on riots

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

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