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50,000 children locked up by police
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News
- Tuesday, June 14, 2011 | CYP Now
More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.
Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends
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News
- Monday, December 6, 2010 | CYP Now
The role of children's commissioner for England should be merged with the Office of the Children's Rights Director, John Dunford, the former general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has recommended in his review published today.
Services urged to build relations with PCCs
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Other
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012 | CYP Now
New police and crime commissioners will make decisions affecting services for young people across health, education and social care
Labour Conference 2011: MP blames civil servants for Labour's failure on children's rights
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News
- Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | CYP Now
Labour failed to enshrine the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in law because of opposition from civil servants, the shadow children's minister has claimed.
Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries
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Other
- Friday, April 11, 2014 | CYP Now
Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.
Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'
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News
- Thursday, January 9, 2014 | CYP Now
There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.
May scraps anonymity for young rioters
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News
- Tuesday, August 16, 2011 | CYP Now
The government has called on magistrates to name and shame children involved in last week's riots, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.
Inspectorate slams children's court custody procedures in Surrey and Sussex
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News
- Wednesday, February 11, 2015 | CYP Now
The court custody system in Sussex and Surrey has been severely criticised by the prisons inspectorate for its treatment of child defendants.
Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed
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Other
- Monday, July 6, 2015 | CYP Now
Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
If children in care offend, should we lock them up?
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Opinion
- Monday, December 12, 2011 | CYP Now
As an education director, I rarely considered individual children, instead dealing with them statistically.
Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests
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News
- Wednesday, December 7, 2011 | CYP Now
Basic improvements to the way children are dealt with in care could lead to significant reductions in offending by looked-after children, a report has suggested.
Court Report: Claim for support denied
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Other
- Friday, June 4, 2010 | CYP Now
Case name: R (TG) v London Borough of Lambeth; Case number: EWHC 907 QB; Judge: Mr Justice McCombe; Location: High Court of Justice
Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods
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News
- Thursday, January 13, 2011 | CYP Now
A blanket ban on the use of dangerous restraint techniques should be applied to all children's settings, an MP has said.
Legal Update: The age of criminal responsibility
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Other
- Tuesday, June 25, 2013 | CYP Now
The age of criminal responsibility of 10 years old in England and Wales has drawn criticism from MPs and the UN, says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Children to lose court anonymity at 18
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News
- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 | CYP Now
Children could be deterred from giving evidence in court cases and young offenders could have their rehabilitation harmed as a result of a legal ruling that will allow them to be named publicly once they turn 18.
Councils ‘turn around' one in three troubled families
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News
- Monday, November 25, 2013 | CYP Now
Local authorities in England have "turned around" the lives of more than one in three struggling families they have been working intensively with as part of the government's Troubled Families programme.
Youth charities receive social impact bond investment
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News
- Friday, March 20, 2015 | CYP Now
A charity that aims to improve the lives of teenagers by recruiting them as mentors for vulnerable toddlers is among four programmes to win social impact bond (SIB) funding through the Youth Engagement Fund.
Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services
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Other
- Wednesday, April 2, 2014 | CYP Now
Housing benefits freeze sees young people stuck in hostels; Cafcass completes government department move; and social enterprise takes over Richmond and Kingston children's services, all in the news today.
Legal Update: Treatment of trafficking victims
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Other
- Tuesday, August 6, 2013 | CYP Now
A recent case makes important rulings about the treatment of child trafficking victims in criminal cases, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection
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Other
- Tuesday, April 22, 2014 | CYP Now
Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.
Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme
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News
- Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | CYP Now
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has hit out at the government's Troubled Families programme for failing to deliver "sustained change" for participants.
Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs
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News
- Friday, February 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.
Budget 2014: Troubled Families expansion brought forward
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News
- Thursday, March 20, 2014 | CYP Now
The expansion of the government's Troubled Families programme is to be speeded up, the Chancellor announced in the Budget.
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