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Rochdale's head of children's social care to leave the troubled council, primary school admissions appeals on the rise and fewer young people seeking heroin treatment, all in the news today.

Council faces legal action over decision to outsource provision to Virgin Care

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Monday, October 8, 2012

| CYP Now

A council has defended its decision to outsource children's health and social care services to a private healthcare provider, ahead of a judicial review.

Government urged to reconsider Early Intervention Grant changes

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Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Professionals warn that changes to the Early Intervention Grant spell uncertainty for services ranging from children's centres and short breaks for disabled children to youth work and counselling for teenagers

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of teachers say children they teach have arrived at school without lunch or any money to buy food, a study by The Children's Society has found.

Daily round up: Care for abuse victims, the two-year-old offer, and Mumsnet on miscarriages

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Plan to offer 24-hour support to child abuse victims over Christmas, Daycare Trust to support local authorities on delivering the two-year-old entitlement, and Mumsnet concerns over NICE guidelines on miscarriages, all in the news today.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Research Report: Which Behavioural and Emotional Problems Predict Early Sexual Behaviour?

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Researchers examine the associations between problems children experience in middle childhood and early sexual behaviour.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

Young people with terminal illnesses deprived of support, report warns

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Teenagers with terminal illnesses are missing out on support because of a lack of coordination between children's and adult services, a report into palliative care for young people has warned.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

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Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted to question schools on preventing female genital mutilation, a cross-party group of peers say drugs should be decriminalised, and the Local Government Association calls for a single food standard for all schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free schools, Somerset youth cuts, and child protection in the Isle of Wight

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is ordered to publish a list of groups bidding to run free schools, a 21-year-old from Somerset is granted permission to appeal against cuts to youth services, and Ofsted rates child protection in the Isle of Wight 'inadequate', all in the news today.

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.

Do we need more men?

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Women outnumber men across the children's workforce, particularly in work with young children. Charlotte Goddard investigates whether it matters and what employers could do to redress the balance

Daily roundup: £1.5bn for childcare reform, votes at 16, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse among parents

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare reforms tipped to be announced next week, MPs show support for lowering the voting age, and the financial benefits of drug and alcohol support for families, all in the news today.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

News

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

In Focus: Fair4Families campaign

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

4Children examines the tough circumstances faced by families in 2013

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

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Review: Therapeutic Storytelling

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales

How we can lead the way in promoting positivity

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

Council faces legal action over decision to outsource provision to Virgin Care

Government urged to reconsider Early Intervention Grant changes

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

Daily round up: Care for abuse victims, the two-year-old offer, and Mumsnet on miscarriages

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Research Report: Which Behavioural and Emotional Problems Predict Early Sexual Behaviour?

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

Young people with terminal illnesses deprived of support, report warns

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

Daily roundup: Free schools, Somerset youth cuts, and child protection in the Isle of Wight

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

Do we need more men?

Daily roundup: £1.5bn for childcare reform, votes at 16, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse among parents

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

In Focus: Fair4Families campaign

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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