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Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

Thursday, January 21, 2021

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Children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has delivered a stern rebuke to politicians over a lack of action to address child poverty.

Five key things Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faced questions from the education select committee about the impact of the third national lockdown on children and young people.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Education and social care unions have criticised the government’s decision to freeze pay for public sector workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is today set to announce a one-year spending review focussed solely on helping the UK to recover from Covid-19.

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

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Friday, November 20, 2020

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The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact on children’s rights, wellbeing and futures”, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned.

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

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Friday, October 30, 2020

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Local authorities have been forced to step-in over the October half term to provide free school meals for vulnerable children.

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

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Feeding Britain has removed MPs from its board after one of its trustees voted against extending free school meals to children from low-income families out of term time.

Treasury announces one-year spending review ‘focussed entirely’ on Covid-19

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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The Treasury has postponed the scheduled three-year comprehensive spending review (CSR) and will instead put forward a one-year plan “focussed entirely” on combating coronavirus.

Children’s commissioner for England: Prioritise children in future lockdown plans

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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Children must be “at the heart” of plans for future lockdowns with schools last to close and first to open, the children’s commissioner for England has said.

Guide to government coronavirus funding

Funding

Monday, June 15, 2020

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Following an initial £750m package of support for charities during the pandemic announced by the government in March, the Department for Education and other ministries have in recent months unveiled a number of new funding programmes to boost the finances of statutory and voluntary organisations so they can deliver vital services.

Charity calls for extra support for adopted children on return to school

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Monday, May 4, 2020

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Schools will need to put in place a package of psychological and practical support for vulnerable children to help them make a smooth transition back to full-time education once the UK’s lockdown measures are eased, a leading care charity has said.

Online support services 'less effective' than face-to-face sessions

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

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Moving intervention services for children online during the coronavirus crisis may result in disadvantaged young people receiving less effective support, new research has warned.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Coronavirus: Five key resources for professionals

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Friday, March 20, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s charities, organisations and workers' unions have issued advice to professionals working to support children amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

Five key things Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

Treasury announces one-year spending review ‘focussed entirely’ on Covid-19

Children’s commissioner for England: Prioritise children in future lockdown plans

Guide to government coronavirus funding

Charity calls for extra support for adopted children on return to school

Online support services 'less effective' than face-to-face sessions

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Coronavirus: Five key resources for professionals

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