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Tories might cut commissioner

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 27, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Shadow children's minister Tim Loughton has branded Maggie Atkinson's appointment as England's children's commissioner a "farce" and indicated the Conservatives could scrap the role if they gain power.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

    Features
  • Monday, October 25, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

Improving Futures

    Funding
  • Monday, March 21, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The Big Lottery Fund has launched the 20m Improving Futures programme to support voluntary sector organisations that improve the outcomes for children from families with complex problems.

One in ten children abused in UK

    News
  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008
  • | CYP Now
One in ten children in the UK are abused every year but less than a tenth of that number are investigated by child protection services, according to the latest research published in leading medical journal The Lancet.

Progress in joint working must go on

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 22, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The decision last week to strip the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) of government funding will inevitably raise concerns that any genuine "development" of the workforce will stall. A plan for how the Department for Education intends to take forward the quango's work is yet to be articulated.