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General election 2019: Key policy guide

    Analysis
  • Tuesday, November 26, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.

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).

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

    Other
  • Monday, September 28, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

    Other
  • Monday, July 6, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Children's rights are powerful tools for improving young lives

    Other
  • Monday, July 6, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The voluntary sector's attitude to rights is ambivalent. When we appeal to the public, make our case to funders or seek to influence policy makers, we tend to emphasise children's needs and the services that we offer rather than talking about children's rights. In private, despite our own stated beliefs, we conclude that rights language is toxic - a turn-off to our supporters and politically unpopular.

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