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Surrey's new director of children's services Nick Wilson talks to CYP Now about his attempts to cope with the coalition's ever-shifting policy landscape and the county's journey since its damning 2008 joint area review.

Interview: David Norgrove, chair, Family Justice Review

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Monday, January 24, 2011

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Family Justice Review chair David Norgrove faces the tough task of reforming a system under pressure.

Interview: Jon Fayle, chair, National Association of Independent Reviewing Officers

Features

Monday, November 15, 2010

| CYP Now

Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs), the 900-strong army of experienced social workers tasked with ensuring children in care are properly supported, are facing an uncertain future.

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.

Interview: Alison Garnham, chief executive, Child Poverty Action Group

Features

Monday, October 18, 2010

| CYP Now

Labour's flagship pledge to halve child poverty by 2010 may have been missed, but claims that the target is too difficult to hit are strenuously denied by Alison Garnham, Child Poverty Action Group's (CPAG) new chief executive.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Features

Friday, October 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Interview: Graham Allen, chair, independent commission on early intervention

Features

Monday, September 27, 2010

| CYP Now

Heard the one about the MP who helped a 16-year-old mother called Sharon with her housing and child support, only for her daughter to return 16 years later, babe in arms, asking for the same assistance?

Interview: Danielle Matheson, 12, young carer

Features

Monday, September 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The summer holidays are almost over and Danielle Matheson is looking forward to getting back into the classroom. "I really enjoy school. I like lessons like maths, drama and dance," exclaims the 12-year-old from Brighton.

Interview: Kevin Gallagher, business development director, Continuum Group

Features

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| CYP Now

"All challenges are opportunities because there is always a solution," says Kevin Gallagher, who recently left his position as chief executive of residential care provider Bryn Melyn to become business development director of the Continuum Group.

Interview: Karen Wright, chief executive, Shaftesbury Young People

Features

Friday, August 6, 2010

| CYP Now

Shaftesbury Young People was founded in 1843 to support street children in London. Its first school, for 150 boys and girls, was based in the hayloft of a cowshed in Holborn. By 1900, the charity was providing residential care for more than 1,000 children.

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Interview: Nick Wilson, director of children's services, Surrey Council Council

Interview: David Norgrove, chair, Family Justice Review

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Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

Interview: Alison Garnham, chief executive, Child Poverty Action Group

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Interview: Graham Allen, chair, independent commission on early intervention

Interview: Danielle Matheson, 12, young carer

Interview: Kevin Gallagher, business development director, Continuum Group

Interview: Karen Wright, chief executive, Shaftesbury Young People

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