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Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

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Friday, October 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers told to obey court orders, women prisoners to be kept closer to families, and funding cut for tuition of looked-after children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Shared parental leave to be introduced, free breakfast trial for Blackpool children and Ofsted visits North Yorkshire council, all in the news today.

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

News

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are carrying out "unscrupulous and illegal" practices to restrict the support they provide to vulnerable children in need of social care and mental health services, a think-tank has claimed.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

News

Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.

Daily roundup: Family courts, youth unemployment, and foster care

Other

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Senior judge raises concerns on family court transparency; youth jobless total falls by 29,000; and the Welsh Assembly backs "staying put" right for fostered children, all in the news today.

End service barriers to give families a boost

Opinion

Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

There have been numerous government-sponsored reviews over the past few months: Graham Allen on early intervention, Frank Field on social mobility, Dame Clare Tickell on the early years and Eileen Munro on child protection.

Spending Review: Chancellor ditches controversial tax credit cuts

News

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has scrapped plans to cut tax credits from millions of working parents on low incomes from next year.

Welfare reforms will make children's lives worse

Other

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| CYP Now

I published a joint statement last week with my fellow children's commissioners across the UK about an issue that has kept many people across the children's sector both busy, and awake at night: the Welfare Reform Bill.

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

News

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The work of the Troubled Families initiative should form the basis of government attempts to boost life chances, a Conservative MP has said.

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A fund that helps low-income families with living costs that are not covered by weekly benefits is set to be scrapped under the government's benefit reforms, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Other

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Tax breaks, armed forces, and hospital care

Other

Monday, September 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Lib Dems to push for income tax exemption for low paid; a career in the army is less appealing to young people than previously; and child death rates in intensive care drop to all-time low, all in the news today.

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Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

Daily roundup: Family courts, youth unemployment, and foster care

End service barriers to give families a boost

Spending Review: Chancellor ditches controversial tax credit cuts

Welfare reforms will make children's lives worse

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Daily roundup: Tax breaks, armed forces, and hospital care

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