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Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Pupil premium extension to pre-schools wins backing from Clegg

News

Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has pledged his support for extending the use of pupil premium funding into the early years sector.

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

News

Monday, January 6, 2014

| CYP Now

George Osborne warns of further spending cuts; government advisers urge ministers to rethink childcare reforms; and gangs use children to carry drugs out of London, all in the news today.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

News

Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

Think-tank backs children's centres to take early years lead

News

Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

A universal childcare model delivered by children's centres could boost the economy by £1.5bn, according to a new report.

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

News

Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has given a funding boost to early years services in London after figures show only half of the capital's councils have enough nursery places available to provide free childcare for all disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, child abduction and Birmingham social work

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour considers "big" childcare offer at next election; parental child abduction cases on the rise; and councillor hopeful for future of Birmingham social work services, all in the news today.

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

News

Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Oxfordshire County Council has backtracked over plans to close scores of children's centres, proposing instead to develop a family-focused early intervention service.

Daily roundup: Health "timebomb" for Neets, council loses data, and school starting age demo

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Health risks for Neets highlighted, council fined for losing children's data, and Too Much Too Soon campaign reaches parliament, all in the news today.

Children's centres serve more families as budgets are squeezed

News

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

More families than ever before are using Sure Start children's centres, according to a survey by 4Children.

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

News

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Studies into the quality of life of children living in London, as well as nutrition and the role of fathers are set to be priorities for the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) in the future.

NCAS Conference: Employers urged to provide childcare

News

Friday, October 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Businesses and schools should be used to ensure sufficient childcare places for two-year-olds are available, experts have said.

In Focus - Parents need help as children grow up

Other

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

While some seem to sail through their teens without a glitch, others find adolescence overwhelming. All parents want what's best for their children, so when they suspect that their teenager may be going off the rails, many are at a loss over where to find help.

Sector welcomes opposition's free childcare proposals

News

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The early years sector has welcomed Labour's pledge to increase free childcare if the party is elected, but warned the policy will only work if it is properly costed and providers consulted.

Parents hold the keys to power, so parties must put families first

Other

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield says politicians must be pressed to put families at the top of their priority list.

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Other

Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.

Social Mobility Commission calls for pupil premium extension to early years

News

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The pupil premium should be extended into nurseries, according to the government-appointed Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

Daily roundup: Strike action, Universal Credit and tobacco warnings

Other

Thursday, September 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Teachers threaten walk out over pay and conditions; government's welfare reform programme criticised; and graphic tobacco warnings fail to dissuade teenage smokers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child trafficking, GCSEs, and free childcare

Other

Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Increase in number of trafficked children, pupils have to keep studying English and maths, and free childcare for deprived two-year-olds takes effect, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Pupil premium extension to pre-schools wins backing from Clegg

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

Think-tank backs children's centres to take early years lead

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, child abduction and Birmingham social work

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

Daily roundup: Health "timebomb" for Neets, council loses data, and school starting age demo

Children's centres serve more families as budgets are squeezed

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

NCAS Conference: Employers urged to provide childcare

In Focus - Parents need help as children grow up

Sector welcomes opposition's free childcare proposals

Parents hold the keys to power, so parties must put families first

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Social Mobility Commission calls for pupil premium extension to early years

Daily roundup: Strike action, Universal Credit and tobacco warnings

Daily roundup: Child trafficking, GCSEs, and free childcare

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