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Young people take brunt of tougher jobseeker sanctions

Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Poverty and youth campaigners have warned that unemployed young people are being disproportionately affected by jobseeker benefit sanctions.

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Details published on vocational alternatives to A-levels; unpaid leave from work should be available to grandparents caring for grandchildren; and study shows impact of austerity on lone parents, all in the news today.

Government rejects calls for reforms to young migrant support

News

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected a raft of recommendations from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) surrounding the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, leadership and government funding

Other

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

MPs warned female genital mutilation still happening; new chief executive at social impact charity The Challenge; and research highlights hole in DfE finances, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Other

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

New practical qualifications for school children introduced next year; huge rise in Crohn's disease hospital admissions of young people; and parents warned not to give children alcohol at end of exams, all in the news today.

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

News

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.

Daily roundup: Extremism, free schools, and youth merger

Other

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Muslim organisation warns against extremism crackdown; charities urged to establish free schools; and Changemakers joins Foyer Federation, all in the news today.

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

News

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.

Government releases strategy to combat poverty and promote social justice

News

Monday, March 12, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has set out its comprehensive blueprint for improving the life chances of the most vulnerable families today (13 March).

Majority of local authorities lack child poverty strategies, 4Children finds

News

Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Fewer than half of local authorities in England have developed a child poverty strategy, charity 4Children has claimed.

Young people want all low-income families to access free school meals

News

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

| CYP Now

The free school meals system is failing to reach all children living in poverty, a report by the British Youth Council and Child Poverty Action Group has concluded.

How innovative parents beat poverty

Other

Monday, June 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Councils collaborate to tackle child poverty in Liverpool

News

Monday, February 13, 2012

| CYP Now

A third of children in Liverpool are growing up in poverty according to the city's child poverty and life chances commission.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

News

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

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.

We must pull together for deprived children

Opinion

Friday, July 22, 2011

| CYP Now

This week is the first week of the school break. It's a time for a holiday, time to play sport, time to take part in new challenges. But research has shown that disadvantaged children are more likely to fall behind their peers during this long summer holiday.

Young people unite to air their views on riots

News

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.

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

News

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.

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

News

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty have been branded a "fairytale" after it rejected calls to introduce a range of new targets aimed at improving social mobility.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

News

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

Children's commissioner calls for review of children's services cuts

News

Thursday, January 7, 2016

| CYP Now

There is an urgent need to review how funding cuts to children's services are affecting children, the children's commissioner for England has told MPs.

Youth employment scheme worth £60m launches in Scotland

News

Monday, February 15, 2016

| CYP Now

A £60m programme to help young people in a deprived part of Scotland into employment has been launched as a result of European funding.

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

News

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.

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

News

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.

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Young people take brunt of tougher jobseeker sanctions

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

Government rejects calls for reforms to young migrant support

Daily roundup: Child abuse, leadership and government funding

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

Daily roundup: Extremism, free schools, and youth merger

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

Government releases strategy to combat poverty and promote social justice

Majority of local authorities lack child poverty strategies, 4Children finds

Young people want all low-income families to access free school meals

How innovative parents beat poverty

Councils collaborate to tackle child poverty in Liverpool

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

We must pull together for deprived children

Young people unite to air their views on riots

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Children's commissioner calls for review of children's services cuts

Youth employment scheme worth £60m launches in Scotland

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

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