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Councils face £26m shortfall in free school meals pledge

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

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Councils are having to divert money from school maintenance budgets to meet a £26m shortfall in the government's free school meal pledge, according to latest research.

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Monday, June 23, 2014

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Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

Monday, May 19, 2014

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Academics criticise government plans to outsource children's social care; NHS England raises concerns over failure to meet child mental health needs; and nursery to investigate after toddler found wandering streets, all in the news today.

Derbyshire children's centres face closure threat

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

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Derbyshire County Council looks set to close seven children's centres in a bid to save £1.1m a year.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Monday, March 10, 2014

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Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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CYP Now's Outcomes Conference earlier this month brought together leaders in children's services across the voluntary sector, local authorities and government to debate the way ahead for evidencing what works.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Thursday, February 13, 2014

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Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Study raises prospect of youth mental health service

Thursday, January 23, 2014

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A government study to assess the benefits of existing youth health services could be the first step in the development of a national mental health service for adolescents and young adults, campaigners have said.

Health reforms fail to improve prevention services

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

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Reforms to the NHS have failed to address a lack of focus on early intervention and joined-up working in children's health services, a report has found.

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

Monday, December 2, 2013

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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.

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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Latest local authority spending figures suggest that early intervention is being sacrificed to fund statutory services as children's departments grapple with making a dwindling pot of money stretch further.

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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Adoptions increase at fastest rate for 15 years, Hackney DCS to lead Doncaster changes, and DfE to probe policies banning 'promotion' of homosexuality, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

Monday, June 17, 2013

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Minister moots late opening schools plan; report warns of postcode lottery for perinatal mental health, and serious case review identifies missed opportunities, all in the news today.

Randomised trials will drive better decisions for children

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of safeguarding children at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with 4Children. Ravi Chandiramani reports

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Monday, March 25, 2013

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Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.

Vox Pop: Will child heart surgery unit closures put children at risk?

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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Campaigners have won a High Court victory against plans to consolidate heart surgery units in England

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

Monday, March 11, 2013

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Two-thirds of local authorities have reduced funding for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) since the coalition government came to power, according to a survey.

Central intelligence

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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Multi-agency safeguarding hubs bring together different professionals to share intelligence about children at risk. As they spring up nationwide, Joe Lepper examines what impact they are having

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

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Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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A large rise in parental truancy convictions, cancer concerns for children who watch too much telly, and criticism over a cuts consultation in Birmingham, all in the news today.

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

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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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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