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General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Charities supporting children and young people have released manifestos detailing what they want from the next government in the run up to the general election after more than a decade of cuts to public services.

Home schooling register could help protect children ‘kept away from wider society’

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A national elective home education (EHE) register could help improve the lives of home-schooled children who have “little or no contact with the world outside their family”, a report by safeguarding experts has found.

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has criticised Birmingham Children’s Trust for disclosing the personal information of a child to another nearby family.

MP slams DfE’s ‘lack of engagement’ during child-friendly town inquiry

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has been criticised by the chair of a parliamentary committee for failing to engage with its inquiry into the impact of town planning on children and young people.

‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent review into the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his father and step-mother finds that three “critical opportunities” which could have saved him were missed by authorities.

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Young people have told cross-party MPs in Westminster that they are "not asking, but begging" the next government to change the system around children's social care.

Questions over plans to water down mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

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Monday, May 13, 2024

| CYP Now

The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has criticised the government over watering down plans for the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.

Longfield calls for schools to be at the centre of new Sure Start proposals

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Friday, May 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Former Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield's new think-tank is leading calls for schools to become central hubs for a new iteration of Sure Start which would support all young people.

Support for SEND children turning 18 is ‘profoundly inadequate’, report warns

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Problems in support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being “exacerbated by a profoundly inadequate system” of help as they become adults, according to campaigners.

Expert calls for national standards on use of AI in children's services

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

| CYP Now

There needs to be national standards governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by local authority children’s services, an expert in data science has said.

Warning over 'terrifying' increase in abuse linked to nude image sharing

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

| CYP Now

One in seven young people have experienced abuse relating to online sharing of nude images, research has revealed.

Councils urged to appoint early permanence experts to boost adoption rates

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils are being urged to identify "early permanence champions" within their organisations to lead on increasing local adoption rates.

Special Report: Digital Solutions in Children’s Services

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Digital technology has the potential to change the way children’s services departments function, offering opportunities for more efficient working, but also concerns over the safe and ethical use of people’s data.

In May’s CYP Now: Childminder SOS, digital solutions in children’s services, BYC closure

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Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

All the latest news, research findings and in-depth features on services for children, young people and families are packed into the May edition of Children & Young People Now.

Longfield think-tank calls for expansion of school mental health support teams

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Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for an expansion of mental health support offered in schools as data shows 1.4mn children in England now have a probable mental health condition.

Alliance for Youth Justice chief steps down

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Friday, April 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Pippa Goodfellow, chief executive of the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ), has stepped down after five years.

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Tributes have been paid by children’s campaigners to former Labour Party minister Frank Field after his death aged 81.

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils in the North of England are paying an extra £25bn to place children in care compared with local authorities in the South, a report is claiming.