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Ministers put kibosh on Lords' welfare amendments

Thursday, February 2, 2012

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK is less "family-friendly" than last year due to rising childcare costs, housing problems and the economic climate, a report by charity the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) has found.

Teather reveals concerns over benefits cap

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Plans to cap benefits for couples at 500 a week are "extremely worrying", children's minister Sarah Teather has said.

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

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Friday, May 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Single parents wanting to work full-time will be worse off when the universal credit is implemented, according to the latest analysis of government welfare reforms.

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

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Friday, May 6, 2011

| CYP Now

A housing crisis in the London Borough of Hillingdon has left families living in "developing world conditions", according to the area's MP.

Rise in demand for Barnardo's emergency grant sparks calls for Budget shake-up

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has revealed demand for its emergency grants has risen by 19 per cent since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2007, sparking calls for vulnerable families to be afforded more protection in next week's Budget.

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| CYP Now

MPs have been urged to oppose controversial changes to child support by a group of organisations including Gingerbread and the Children's Society.

Child Poverty Action Group launches legal challenge to welfare reforms

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Monday, March 7, 2011

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The government is to face a legal challenge to controversial welfare reforms after the Child Poverty Action Group announced it has issued proceedings for judicial review.

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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A fund that helps low-income families with living costs that are not covered by weekly benefits is set to be scrapped under the government's benefit reforms, it has emerged.

Miliband: Families face a cost of living crisis

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Monday, February 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned of a crisis among low- and middle-income families as a result of government austerity measures including the rise in VAT and the reductions in benefits.

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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

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

Teather reveals concerns over benefits cap

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

Rise in demand for Barnardo's emergency grant sparks calls for Budget shake-up

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

Child Poverty Action Group launches legal challenge to welfare reforms

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

Miliband: Families face a cost of living crisis

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