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Analysis: Policy - DCSF under inspection - one year on

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

| CYP Now

The Department for Children, Schools and Families celebrates its first anniversary this week. Here, CYP Now brings together a team of senior figures from the sector to deliver their verdicts on how the department has fared during its first 12 months.

Hidden costs of payment-by-results

Opinion

Monday, July 5, 2010

| CYP Now

We are in an age of austerity where outcomes are critical. So it is difficult to take issue in raw principle with the government's desire to commission more public services on a payment-by-results basis.

Sir Paul Ennals warns that focus on teaching threatens other children's services

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| CYP Now

Chief executive of the National Children's Bureau Sir Paul Ennals has warned that the severity of spending cuts coupled with the government's focus on teaching is putting other vital children's services at risk.

Work Wise: Jargon Buster

Other

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

| CYP Now

Have you sat through an entire meeting and wondered what your colleagues are rambling on about? Use our handy jargon guide to find out what they mean.

Bodies selected to run commissioning programme

News

Thursday, October 23, 2008

| CYP Now

The government has chosen a consortium of five organisations to run a programme to help children's trusts commission services.

Software flaws delay launch of child database ContactPoint

Other

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

| CYP Now

The government database that will hold details on every child in England has been hit by last minute delays.

News Insight: Child benefit controversy dominates Tory conference

Other

Friday, October 8, 2010

| CYP Now

After seizing power following 13 years in opposition, this year's Conservative conference offered the party the chance to set out its stall for the next five years. Neil Puffet reports.

Comprehensive Spending Review

Other

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

| CYP Now

Spending Review Insight: So, after the proclamation, where does this leave us?

Other

Monday, October 25, 2010

| CYP Now

The spending review outlined the government's deficit reduction plan, ending months of speculation. Here, a 10-strong panel delivers its verdict on last week's announcement and foretells of some of the tough decisions that lie ahead for children and young people's services.

Children's charities urge Gove to protect voluntary sector from 'devastating cuts'

News

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

| CYP Now

Children and families' charities have written an open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove expressing concern about the impact spending cuts will have on the most vulnerable children and the charities that support them.

News Insight: Worries surround vetting reforms

Other

Monday, November 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Reviews of the vetting and barring scheme and criminal records checks are due to be published early in 2011. Neil Puffett reports.

Hung parliament likely to benefit young people

Other

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| CYP Now

A hung parliament could lead to better policies for children and young people, leading figures in the sector have claimed.

Election 2010 update: Tory candidates from the children's sector fail to win seats

News

Friday, May 7, 2010

| CYP Now

Two highly publicised Conservative candidates from the children and young people's sector failed to get into parliament last night in tightly fought constituency battles.

Futurebuilders England

Funding

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Grants and loans for organisations that deliver services in areas including crime, support for children and young people, and health and social care

Reaching Communities

Funding

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding to help support projects that respond to needs raised by local communities

People and Places

Funding

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Grants to support projects that improve communities, both locally and regionally across Wales

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales

Other

Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Edited By Jane Williams; University of Wales Press; ISBN: 978-0708325629; £34.99; 240 pages

How we can lead the way in promoting positivity

Other

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

In 2012, I launched my first campaign to smash the stereotypes and improve attitudes towards children and young people.

Daily roundup: Free childcare, residential care, and youth unemployment

Other

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Two-year-old childcare offer expansion in doubt, quarter of looked-after children are in lower-quality care homes, and the average under 30 will be unemployed for more than two years, all in the news today.

Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Steve Reed MP has been appointed the new shadow minister for children following the March resignation of Emma Lewell-Buck.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

News

Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

News

Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Labour outlines policies for children

Other

Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Last week's Brighton conference saw Labour set out some concrete proposals for children and families.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

Other

Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted to question schools on preventing female genital mutilation, a cross-party group of peers say drugs should be decriminalised, and the Local Government Association calls for a single food standard for all schools, all in the news today.

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Analysis: Policy - DCSF under inspection - one year on

Hidden costs of payment-by-results

Sir Paul Ennals warns that focus on teaching threatens other children's services

Work Wise: Jargon Buster

Bodies selected to run commissioning programme

Software flaws delay launch of child database ContactPoint

News Insight: Child benefit controversy dominates Tory conference

Comprehensive Spending Review

Spending Review Insight: So, after the proclamation, where does this leave us?

Children's charities urge Gove to protect voluntary sector from 'devastating cuts'

News Insight: Worries surround vetting reforms

Hung parliament likely to benefit young people

Election 2010 update: Tory candidates from the children's sector fail to win seats

Futurebuilders England

Reaching Communities

People and Places

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales

How we can lead the way in promoting positivity

Daily roundup: Free childcare, residential care, and youth unemployment

Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Labour outlines policies for children

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, call to decriminalise drugs, and the LGA on healthy school food

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