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Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, DfE spending, and school safeguarding

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children will not be forced to share a room under the 'bedroom tax' changes, rules the High Court; Labour accuses the government of "reckless" spending at the DfE; and Ofsted admits inspection failings of troubled SEN school, in the news today.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Government's response on child sexual exploitation criticised; small rise in youth unemployment; and minister plays down significance of children's centre closures, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

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Monday, December 2, 2013

| CYP Now

MP pledges to raise case of Italian woman whose child was taken at birth; more children being treated for eating disorders; and Labour seeks to strengthen law around underage smoking, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Antisocial behaviour, free schools, and apprenticeships

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Government drops 'annoyance' definition of antisocial behaviour; more free school applications approved; and Cabinet Office apprenticeship scheme doubled, all in the news today.

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on children's social care has defended proposals to allow child protection services to be outsourced, which he said does not amount to large-scale privatisation.

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: gang guide, appropriate adult schemes and registration fees

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Government guide offers parents and carers advice on street gangs; revised national standards for appropriate adult schemes published; and proposed increase in social worker registration fee, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Children and Families Bill amendments due to be debated by peers today; Labour makes changes to its education team; and planned cuts at Hull Council sparks union concerns, all in the news today.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

News

Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Rebuilder of Slough: Nicola Clemo, chief executive of Slough Children's Services Trust

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

It seems wholly appropriate for an organisation charged with rebuilding the reputation of children's services in Slough that it will be doing so from offices next door to those of the giant Lego corporation.

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, youth homelessness and school dinners

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Friday, June 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Survey shows free childcare funding gap, no referrals for 60 per cent of young claiming 'housing need', and closure threat for thousands of school canteens, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

Other

Thursday, October 24, 2013

| CYP Now

National Crime Agency urges more action on child abuse, regional disparities in university attendance and West Sussex youth cuts to be debated, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

Other

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Postcode lottery for volunteering opportunities; prevalence of sexting highlighted; and Nottinghamshire Council outlines plans to cut children's services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

Other

Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Families planning to cut down on food to cover heating costs; 20 per cent rise in sexual offences against children; and 33,000 now affected by government benefit cap, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, DfE spending, and school safeguarding

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

Daily roundup: Antisocial behaviour, free schools, and apprenticeships

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Daily roundup: gang guide, appropriate adult schemes and registration fees

Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

Rebuilder of Slough: Nicola Clemo, chief executive of Slough Children's Services Trust

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, youth homelessness and school dinners

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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