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Work alone cannot tackle the causes of childhood inequality

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| CYP Now

As she stood on the steps of Number 10, the Prime Minister promised to address the huge issues of inequality in our country.

Children in poorest postcodes '10 times more likely to end up in care'

News

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Children in the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK are at least 10 times more likely to be in care than children in the least deprived areas, a study has found.

Poverty, cuts and policy failures take toll on children's health

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report highlights data showing children and young people from poorer backgrounds do worse across a range of health outcomes. Experts blame cuts to public health and welfare support.

Cross-government child poverty unit scrapped

News

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's cross-departmental child poverty unit has been abolished, with the government confirming that its functions have been subsumed into the wider remit of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Number of children affected by working poverty hits 2.6m

News

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A total of 2.6m children in working families are living are in poverty, according to a new report into deprivation and social exclusion.

Government 'failing to act over vulnerable children's rights'

News

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's rights in the UK are worsening, especially for the most vulnerable young people suffering from mental health issues, poverty and whose lives are blighted by crime, a report has said.

Benefits cap cut will see more families 'not quite managing'

Opinion

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

| CYP Now

In her very first speech, the new Prime Minister introduced a new tagline: "families who are just about managing".

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

News

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The early years pupil premium should be doubled as part of efforts to combat worsening life chances for children and young people across the UK, the Social Mobility Commission has said.

Campaigners criticise Child Poverty Unit cuts

News

Friday, November 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Staffing levels at the Child Poverty Unit have more than halved over the last four years, according to latest government figures.

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

News

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The work of the Troubled Families initiative should form the basis of government attempts to boost life chances, a Conservative MP has said.

Life chances strategy shelved after Brexit vote

News

Monday, June 27, 2016

| CYP Now

Government plans to transform the life chances of the poorest in the country have been placed on hold in the wake of the result of the EU referendum.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Government's toxic approach to education is beyond satire

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Every now and then, I think about writing a satirical column on education, but before I get round to it, the world has proved that my most extreme ideas are too tame.

Legal help for migrant children

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Initiative reduces destitution among migrant children.

Benefits freeze will plunge more children into poverty, charity warns

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Government plans to introduce a freeze on benefit payments will push more children into poverty, The Children's Society has warned.

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.

Lords vote against plans to change child poverty measures

News

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Government efforts to change the way child poverty is measured have suffered a setback after the House of Lords voted in favour of making ministers report annually on income levels in the poorest families.

Cameron announces drive to improve parenting skills

News

Monday, January 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Parenting classes will be made more accessible to parents as part of government plans to tackle poverty and improve children's life chances.

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.

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

News

Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.

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Work alone cannot tackle the causes of childhood inequality

Children in poorest postcodes '10 times more likely to end up in care'

Poverty, cuts and policy failures take toll on children's health

Cross-government child poverty unit scrapped

Number of children affected by working poverty hits 2.6m

Government 'failing to act over vulnerable children's rights'

Benefits cap cut will see more families 'not quite managing'

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

Campaigners criticise Child Poverty Unit cuts

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

Life chances strategy shelved after Brexit vote

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Government's toxic approach to education is beyond satire

Legal help for migrant children

Benefits freeze will plunge more children into poverty, charity warns

Youth employment scheme worth £60m launches in Scotland

Lords vote against plans to change child poverty measures

Cameron announces drive to improve parenting skills

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

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

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